2 children and their father die in Lithia fire; mom and son survive: HCSO

Two children under the age of 5 and their 22-year-old father died in a mobile home fire Monday afternoon in Lithia. Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister said the first call about the fire on Pritcher Road came just after 1 p.m. The mother of the two children told emergency workers her 3-year-old toddler had woken her up to tell her the stove was on fire.