A person died after being extricated from a burning Polk County home, according to firefighters.

A search is underway on a Polk County lake after crews responded to a potential drowning call on Sunday afternoon.

A crash in the Avon Park area sent three people to the hospital as trauma alerts, according to Polk County Fire Rescue.

One person was found dead after a mobile home in Polk County became fully engulfed in flames, according to fire rescue.

A Polk County Fire Rescue ambulance taking a stroke patient to a hospital was struck in a hit-and-run crash on Interstate 4 in Plant City, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

In a release, the county stated that fire crews were called to a mobile home community at 9000 Highway 192 in the Four Corners area around 5:15 p.m.

Four members of the Polk County Fire Rescue were injured after their ambulance was involved in a “single-vehicle” crash, according to fire officials.

A medical evaluation convinced the Florida Retirement System to approve “line-of-duty” disability retirement benefits for Polk County Fire Rescue paramedic Christina Lambert Pierson just 3 months after sharing her fight for cancer benefits with News 6.

"The system is under strain," Fire Chief Robert Weech said of the emergency response system.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – A Polk County paramedic is accused of stealing highly sought-after coronavirus vaccine doses, according to Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd. Polk County Fire Rescue contacted the sheriff’s office after determining the doses were not given to firefighters and were missing. The sheriff, along with Polk County Fire Chief Robert Weech described Tuesday during a news conference how authorities learned of the missing doses. Polk County Fire Rescue paramedic arrested Sheriff Grady Judd, along with PCFR Fire Chief Robert Weech and Deputy County Manager Joe Halman, is giving details about the arrest of Polk County Fire Rescue paramedic Joshua Colon in the theft of three Moderna vaccine doses. The captain was formerly a reserve deputy with the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.

DAVENPORT, Fla. – A 94-year-old woman and her pet were killed Wednesday night in a mobile home fire, officials said. The fatal fire was reported around 9:15 p.m. on Lake Wilson Road in Davenport. Polk County Fire Rescue was called to a structure fire with possible entrapment and found the single-wide mobile home engulfed in flames. The fire was extinguished, and after a search of the home, the woman and her pet were found dead, county officials said. The cause of the fire is under investigation.