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3 die in Fla. mobile home fire

Neighbors say they called 911 just before 6 a.m. as they tried to put out the flames, but it was too late

The Ledger

TAMPA BAY, Fla. — Three people are dead after fire raged through a Tampa Bay-area mobile home.

The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office identified the victims of the Riverview blaze as 51-year-old Mindy Watts, her 50-year-old husband Timothy Watts and her 71-year-old mother Rhona Molin. All three were said to have been sleeping when the fire broke out.

Neighbors say they called 911 just before 6 a.m. as they tried to put out the flames, but it was too late.

The cause of the fire has not yet been determined. Foul play is not suspected.

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