{"id":204599,"date":"2026-03-24T22:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/204599\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T22:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T22:48:07","slug":"st-petersburg-fatal-house-fire-ruled-arson-18-year-old-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/204599\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Petersburg fatal house fire ruled arson, 18-year-old dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/\">WWSB<\/a>) &#8211; A fatal house fire on Neptune Drive SE was intentionally set, St. Petersburg police said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Detectives determined after further investigation that the fire at 3963 Neptune Drive SE was arson. The fire started at 3:18 a.m. Sunday, March 22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Four people were inside the home at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/03\/16\/englewood-fire-critically-injures-resident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.mysuncoast.com\/2026\/03\/16\/englewood-fire-critically-injures-resident\/\">Englewood fire critically injures resident<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Angelina Anderson, 18, died from her injuries, police said. A 35-year-old woman remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition. A teenager and a child who were also in the home were not hurt.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Detectives are asking for the public\u2019s help. Police said anyone who saw a suspicious person or unusual activity around the time the fire started is asked to call the department at 727-893-7780. Investigators are also seeking video recordings or any other information related to the case. Tips can also be submitted by text by sending SPPD and the tip to TIP411.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WWSB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WWSB) &#8211; A fatal house fire on Neptune Drive SE was intentionally set, St. Petersburg&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[93304,44305,94003,94002,202,204,203,199,94001,201,200],"class_list":["post-204599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-st-petersburg","tag-angelina-anderson","tag-arson-investigation","tag-fatal-house-fire","tag-neptune-drive-fire","tag-st-pete","tag-st-pete-headlines","tag-st-pete-news","tag-st-petersburg","tag-st-petersburg-arson","tag-st-petersburg-headlines","tag-st-petersburg-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204599","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=204599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}