Florida Woman Tries to Enter Burning Home

Dec. 9, 2008
Orlando police said the woman returned from a bar and appeared to be drunk.

ORLANDO, Fla. --

A woman returning from a bar was restrained by officers when she tried to enter her College Park home, which was on fire, police said.

An Orlando police officer wrapped his arms around the woman, telling her it was not safe to go into her two-story Yale Street home, which had flames pouring out of its windows and roof. The woman was screaming as she was being restrained.

Orlando police told Local 6 News that the woman returned from a bar and appeared to be drunk.

Firefighters extinguished the fire, which officials called suspicious. The fire started in the back bedroom of the house and spread, fire officials said.

The cause of the blaze was not immediately known.

"The fire is still under investigation at this time," Chad Williamson of the Orlando Fire Department said.

No one was injured in the fire.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

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