Wimauma man hospitalized after being rescued from burning home: HCFR

Published
June 22, 2026
Outcome
Injured
Location
Wimauma, Florida
12th Street
Incident type
Fire

Summary

Vehicle Fire Wimauma Florida in Wimauma, Florida: Hillsborough County Fire Rescue crews responded to a house fire on 12th Street in Wimauma, Florida on Sunday evening after receiving reports of an occupant trapped inside. Arriving crews encountered heavy flames and conducted an interior search and rescue operation, finding a man inside where smoke had banked to the floor. Firefighters safely removed the man from the home within five minutes of arrival, and he was hospitalized.

Original reporting

Wimauma man hospitalized after being rescued from burning home: HCFR | FOX 13 Tampa Bay

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