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Only one firefighter initially responds to Florida fire

By WESH.com

OAK HILL, Fla. — There was a near fire in Volusia County when only one firefighter initially showed up to fight a fire that gutted a home.

That firefighter battled a house fire in Oak Hill all by herself for 10 minutes until backup arrived, but state procedure calls for no less than four firefighters to be at a fire at the same time.

The county follows the state fire marshal’s standard of two firefighters inside a burning structure and two outside in case something goes wrong, WESH 2 News reported.

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