One woman is dead, two men are hurt after their mobile home caught fire early Thursday morning.
“There was so much fire it was tough to enter certain parts of the home,” said JFRD Captain Eric Prosswimmer.
When firefighters responded to the fire at the home on Cranbrooke Court in Northwest Jacksonville, two of the victims were already outside.
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But the other victim, a woman, was still trapped inside the burning home.
“They went from window-to-window breaking windows going in searching the area, making a heroic effort trying to locate the one person still in the home,” said Captain Prosswimmer.
It took more than a dozen firefighters to reach the woman and get her out.
One of JFRD’s firefighters was injured in the process. “We sent one firefighter …