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PASCO COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — Two people died early Thursday after a fire tore through a mobile home in Bayonet Point, according to Pasco County Fire Rescue.
Crews responded just before 3 a.m. to a home on the 7000 block of Florestate Drive. When they arrived, smoke and flames were pouring from the home.
A neighbor, Pearl Tillary, captured the aftermath on her cell phone.
“I seen the house, flamin’ fire,” Tillary said.
Tillary told News Channel 8 that she and her family were asleep when someone began banging on their door, urging them to get out.
“My mom and everybody, we were all asleep, and we woke up to a knock, and they were yelling for us to get out,” she said.
She said she looked outside and saw the fire before hearing a loud explosion.
“Someone said, ‘Your neighbor’s house is on fire,’ so I looked and I looked, and a big explosion happened,” she said. “That’s when I ran back inside to wake everybody up.”

Pasco County officials confirmed two adults were found dead inside the home.
Their names have not been released by authorities, but neighbors identified them as Annie and Arty, a couple known in the neighborhood.
“He would always come out and give me a hug and say, ‘Hey neighbor,’” said Kay Walker, who lives nearby.
“It was the most terrifying thing I’ve ever seen in my life,” Tillary said. “I’ve been crying all morning. I am exhausted.”
The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the cause of the fire, but no foul play is suspected at this time.