POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – A newly-released report is shedding more light on what happened the night of a deadly Polk County fire, and what went wrong.
A post incident analysis was conducted by responding Battalion Chief Jeremiah Gilley and reviewed by other chiefs within the Polk County Fire Rescue agency.
Read the Report:
Polk County Fire Rescue, Post Incident Analysis, Alarm 1887368
On Nov. 23, 2018 , 76-year-old Lorretta Pickard died inside her burning home. Pickard was on the phone with 911 pleading for help for 20 minutes, but that help never came.
8 On Your Side revealed the first crew on scene may have never tried to save Loretta, and the newly released report seems to back that up.
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