Home damaged, dog killed after explosion in Winter Springs
HERE ON WESH TWO. ALL RIGHT, BACK TO THAT BREAKING NEWS OUT OF SEMINOLE COUNTY. WESH TWO NEWS DAVID JONES LIVE ON THE SCENE IN WINTER SPRINGS, WHERE A HOME WAS DAMAGED AFTER AN EXPLOSION. DAVID. HEY, WE JUST ARRIVED HERE ON SCENE IN WINTER SPRINGS MINUTES AGO. STILL A VERY ACTIVE SCENE. SEMINOLE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE IS ONE OF THE AGENCIES ON SCENE. I’M JOINED NOW BY ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF TODD ZELLERS, CHIEF ASSISTANT CHIEF, CAN YOU KIND OF DESCRIBE TO US WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? SURE. WE GOT DISPATCHED TO A STRUCTURE FIRE HERE THIS AFTERNOON ON MOSSWOOD CIRCLE. ON ARRIVAL, THE CREWS FOUND THE FRONT OF THE APARTMENT HEAVILY INVOLVED WITH FIRE. THEY MADE AN AGGRESSIVE EXTERIOR ATTACK AND QUICKLY ENTERED THE STRUCTURE AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE TIME OF ARRIVAL ON SCENE TO THE EXTINGUISHMENT OF THE FIRE WAS ABOUT 3.5 MINUTES. SO WE GOT A QUICK KNOCK ON THE FIRE ALLOWED US TO KEEP THE STRUCTURE. THE FIRE CONTAINED TO THE APARTMENT OF ORIGIN. THERE WERE NO INJURIES THIS AFTERNOON, HOWEVER, THERE WAS ONE DEAD DOG AS WELL AS A LIVE DOG AND A LIVE CAT THAT WERE RESCUED FROM THE APARTMENT. BOTH OF THOSE ANIMALS WERE RESUSCITATED WITH PET OXYGEN MASKS. WHAT TYPE OF FIRE WAS THIS? DO WE KNOW? HAVE ANY INDICATION OF WHERE IT STARTED? WE DO NOT HAVE AN INDICATION RIGHT NOW. THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL HAS BEEN CONTACTED TO INVESTIGATE THIS FIRE. WAS ANYONE INSIDE OF THE UNIT THAT THAT CAUGHT FIRE? THERE WAS ONE PERSON INSIDE THE UNIT AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. AND SHE DID ESCAPE WITH NO INJURIES. YOU KIND OF TALKED TO US ABOUT THIS AREA AND THE RESPONSE OF AGENCIES THAT ARE OUT HERE RIGHT NOW. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE MULTIPLE SEMINOLE COUNTY UNITS, AS WELL AS LONGWOOD FIRE DEPARTMENT UNITS ON SCENE. BOTH AGENCIES DID PUT OUT DID ASSIST IN EXTINGUISHING THE FIRE. AND I KNOW YOU SAID WE HAD. THOSE THREE PETS INSIDE OF THE HOME AT THE TIME. WE DID HAVE THREE PETS, TWO DOGS AND ONE CAT. UNFORTUNATELY, ONE DOG WAS DECEASED ON ARRIVAL. THE TWO OTHER ANIMALS, ONE CAT AND ONE DOG, WERE BOTH REMOVED FROM THE FIRE AND RESUSCITATED. IS THERE ANY KIND OF INDICATION? WAS THIS LIKE A STOVE OR A PROPANE? WHAT KIND OF? AGAIN, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THE FIRE STARTED YET. WHEN THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL INVESTIGATES WILL HAVE MORE INFORMATION. OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A VERY ACTIVE SCENE. ANYONE? ANYTHING YOU WANT TO SAY TO PEOPLE? MAYBE IN THE AREA RIGHT NOW? IF WE COULD STAY OFF THE BACKSIDE OF MOSSWOOD CIRCLE, THAT WOULD BE GREAT. GIVE THE CREWS ROOM TO OPERATE AND PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOU DO HAVE WORKING SMOKE DETECTORS IN YOUR HOUSE. IT’S A GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU. CHIEF. ASSISTANT CHIEF TODD ZELLERS, APPRECIATE IT. WE’RE GOING TO SEND THINGS BACK TO YOU GUYS IN THE STUDIO COVERING SEMIN
Home damaged, dog killed after explosion in Winter Springs
Updated: 12:45 PM EDT May 21, 2025
An apartment home was damaged Wednesday morning after an explosion possibly involving a propane tank. Seminole County Fire Rescue said crews responded to a report of a fire on Mosswood Circle in Winter Springs before noon. When they arrived, the front of the apartment home was engulfed in flames. SCFR said the fire was extinguished in less than four minutes. A dog was killed in the fire. Two other pets were rescued. Longwood Fire Rescue also responded. No injuries were reported. >> This is a developing story and will be updated
An apartment home was damaged Wednesday morning after an explosion possibly involving a propane tank.
Seminole County Fire Rescue said crews responded to a report of a fire on Mosswood Circle in Winter Springs before noon.
When they arrived, the front of the apartment home was engulfed in flames.
SCFR said the fire was extinguished in less than four minutes.
A dog was killed in the fire. Two other pets were rescued.
Longwood Fire Rescue also responded.
No injuries were reported.
>> This is a developing story and will be updated
