Crime & Safety

Suspicious Fire That Claimed 18-Year-Old’s Life Under Investigation: St. Pete Police

An 18-year-old woman died and a 35-year-old woman remains hospitalized after a suspicious St. Pete house fire, police said.

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — The cause of a Sunday morning fatal house fire that left an 18-year-old woman dead on Coquina Key was deemed suspicious and is under investigation, St. Petersburg police said in a news release.

St. Petersburg Fire Rescue responded to the fire in the 3900 block of Neptune Drive SE around 3:30 a.m.

There were four people in the home at the time of the fire, including Angelina Anderson, 18, who died from her injuries, police said.

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A 35-year-old woman rescued from the fire remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition, investigators said.

Two minors at the home were treated in the hospital for smoke inhalation and released.

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