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Sept. 8, 2006
Pat Kuehn, APR
Community Information Specialist

TWO FIREFIGHTERS INJURED IN DELAND HOUSE FIRE

Firefighters from Volusia County Fire Services and the DeLand Fire Department responded to a house fire at 406 Cross St., DeLand, at 6:40 p.m. today. The home is in an unincorporated area about four blocks east of 17-92.

When firefighters arrived, they found that the single-family home was 50-percent involved and that the occupants had escaped safely.

EVAC Ambulance transported one DeLand firefighter to Florida Hospital DeLand with an ankle injury. A second DeLand firefighter was treated on the scene for a heat-related condition.

According to Volusia County Fire Services Division Chief Paul Ebanks, the home is a total loss. The state fire marshal will investigate the fire's cause.

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