A duplex went up in flames in Fort Myers on Saturday morning.
The duplex is located in the 3000 block of Broadway Avenue, near Grace Avenue.
Four people were in the home at the time of the fire. Two children and one adult were transported to the hospital.
Fort Myers firefighters said the fire displaced two families living at the home. The Red Cross will be helping them. It wasn’t the flashing lights of the fire trucks on Judy McCutcheon’s street but the unnerving sound.
“Sounded like a woman who was just wailing. Just painfully wailing. It was heartbreaking. And it didn’t stop,” McCutcheon said.
She didn’t know who was making the sound but she knows how the woman was feeling. “Someone’s insides were breaking, that’s how it felt. They were just crumbling inside; it was gut-wrenching,” she said.