{"id":171722,"date":"2026-02-27T17:32:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/171722\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T17:32:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:32:16","slug":"man-in-critical-condition-dog-rescued-from-burning-home-in-pinellas-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/171722\/","title":{"rendered":"Man in critical condition, dog rescued from burning home in Pinellas County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tarpon Springs firefighters rescued a 73-year-old man and his dog from a mobile home fire Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. \u2014 Tarpon Springs firefighters rescued a 73-year-old man and his dog from a burning mobile home Thursday night.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fire broke out around 9:35 p.m. on River Village Drive.<\/p>\n<p>A caller reported that someone was trapped inside. Once on scene, firefighters were able to get the man out.<\/p>\n<p>Paramedics transported him to Tampa General Hospital where he was listed in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters also found a dog in a bedroom of the home. The dog was rescued and taken to an emergency veterinary clinic.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/a2912f4f-7d9a-47b5-ba69-091397649edc_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/a2912f4f-7d9a-47b5-ba69-091397649edc_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Tarpon Springs Fire Rescue says the fire was contained to the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fire is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__placeholder\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/b2c1a1fc-f13f-474a-9291-33f8175f24c0_16x9.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"photo__main\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/b2c1a1fc-f13f-474a-9291-33f8175f24c0_1140x641.jpg\"  alt=\"\" style=\"opacity:0\" onload=\"this.style.opacity=1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tarpon Springs firefighters rescued a 73-year-old man and his dog from a mobile home fire Thursday night. TARPON&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":171723,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[202,204,203,199,201,200],"class_list":["post-171722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171722","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=171722"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/171722\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/171723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=171722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=171722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=171722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}