PHOTOS: Two residents of a Winter Haven mobile home are in critical condition after their home caught fire on Thursday night, according to police. At around 7 p.m. on Thursday, Winter Haven firefighters responded to an initial call of a car fire on Wild Dunes Court. They arrived to find a car under a carport fully engulfed in flames spreading into the doublewide mobile home. As crews began battling the fire, they learned that two people were inside the home. Winter Haven Fire crews initiated a rescue and ultimately brought both occupants outside while more crews battled the flames.
Both victims, who had been inside the living room area, were airlifted to a local hospital where they are listed in critical but stable condition. A firefighter was also taken to the hospital for dehydration, police said, but was released after being medically cleared.