Public Safety

13-year-old dies in Bradford County camper fire near Starke

A 13-year-old boy died Tuesday morning after a fire destroyed a camper home on Southwest 84th Avenue in the Sampson City area of Bradford County. Firefighters extinguished the blaze within minutes but arrived too late to save the child, who had stayed home sick from school while his mother was working at the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office in Gainesville. The State Fire Marshal is investigating the cause of the fire.

Sources: WCJB TV20