Fatal Residential Structure Fire Prompts Safety Message From Polk County Fire Rescue Bartow, Fla. (October 11, 2017) Early this morning, Polk County Fire Rescue worked a residential structure fire in north Lakeland with a confirmed fatality. Seven people were inside the home, but six people were able to escape…
While efforts continue to confirm the identity of the body found in a retention pond, family members of Margaret "Jan" Smith told authorities it is her.