MULBERRY, Fla. — Two people pulled from an early morning house fire have died, the Polk County Fire Rescue said Wednesday.
Crews were dispatched around 11:59 p.m. Tuesday to a house fire on Willis Road in Mulberry. A neighbor said there was an elderly couple who lived in the home.
Fire Rescue said they pulled Carl Caldwell, 86, and his wife Denise, 80, from the home. They both had significant injuries.
They were both taken to Bartow Regional Medical Center, where they later died.
At the time, crews believed the fire started in the back of the house, but the State Fire Marshal is still investigating.
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