CLEARWATER, Fla. — An elderly man was taken to the hospital Thursday morning following a fire inside a mobile home.
Crews responded just before 8 a.m. to the Happy Trails mobile home park on Gulf to Bay Boulevard near Belcher Road, according to a Clearwater Public Safety news release.
Firefighters helped evacuate an 84-year-old man, who was transported to the hospital by helicopter. A dog also was pulled from the mobile home, and it was taken to a local animal hospital for treatment, authorities said.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
