UpdatedFri, May 7, 2021 at 11:51 am ET
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11-year-old Rilee Beisler died trying to rescue her dogs from a house fire at the Sun N Fun Resort Wednesday. (Shutterstock)
Updated: 11:45 a.m., Friday
SARASOTA, FL — An 11-year-old girl died while trying to rescue her dogs from a house fire at the Sun N Fun Resort Wednesday, the Sarasota police shared in a news release on Facebook.
Police said they received multiple 911 calls around 5:45 p.m. when the fire broke out in two homes in the 1100 block of Iowa Street.
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Witnesses reported seeing a young girl, later identified as Rilee Beisler, enter one of the homes. Though bystanders tried to help, she never exited the home, police said.