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Tampa police dragged a man to safety by his ankles in order to rescue him from a house fire that broke out on Saturday, August 9

Everyone involved in the incident survived, according to the Tampa Police Department

Officials have determined the fire was accidental in nature

A man escaped with his life after a fire broke out at a Florida home over the weekend.

"I'm coming, I'm coming" a Tampa police officer shouted as he grabbed equipment from his car and ran through the dark toward the scene of a residential fire, according to body camera footage posted by the department on social media.

"Is anyone inside?" he asked as he approached the home on Saturday, August 9, just after 9 p.m. local time.

In response, a woman shouted, "My brother is in there, he's right there in the

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