Neighbors Save Elderly Fla. Woman From Fire

Feb. 07--An elderly woman was saved just after noon Tuesday as fire engulfed the back part of her home in the 1400 block of West 24th Street, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

Fire department spokesman Tom Frances said firefighters were called to the scene after smoke and flames were seen at the home's back porch to find neighbors had already escorted the woman outside. As the woman was taken by paramedics to Baptist Medical Center for observation, firefighters knocked out the blaze as flames started climbing the back wall to the second floor above, Frances said. No one was injured as an investigation into how the fire started continues, he said.

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