Blaze Leaves Families Homeless

January 8, 2007 Florida - A Southern Manatee Fire Rescue firefighter saved a baby boy overcome by smoke inhalation during a blaze Sunday night that left two families homeless. Just after 8:30 p.m., 20 firefighters arrived at a blaze on the 100 block of 59th Avenue East, finding both sides of the duplex in flames. The two families escaped the fire, according to Southern Manatee Battalion Chief Ricardo Blanco. Firefighters entered the duplex, but the smoke and flames got so thick Blanco ordered an ...