A Jacksonville woman said she lost nearly everything in two fires.
Those incidents happened at the Woodlake Park apartments, on San Jose Boulevard.
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Just last week, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office was called out to the complex for two different arson incidents.
Hannah Bailey is one of the fire victims, and she said she came home from work on January 20 to complete devastation.
“I opened my door, and I just turned around because it was just like a horror story,” Bailey said. “My daughter’s pictures were shattered all over the ground. There was glass everywhere.”
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Her apartment caught on fire and it was not the only one.
“When I walked up, I was told that there was a fire started intentionally to the building next to mine and it had spread to my unit,” Bailey said. “The building was set on fire on both sides of the door so there was absolutely no way for that family to escape.”
She said both families involved were moved into different units at the complex. Bailey said around 1 a.m. Monday, she and her husband woke up to a second blaze coming from their balcony.
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“He opened our blinds and we both looked out and saw that everything we had sitting on our porch was lit on fire,” Bailey said. “My husband just started throwing water everywhere and then all the neighbors started coming out.”
According to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department in the last 10 days, it responded to 5 different fires at that apartment complex.
The Florida Advisory Committee on Arson Prevention is offering rewards up to a $5,000 for information that can help identify any suspects.
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