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He said the Jacksonville fire call came in after the department responded to a call at 12:24 p.m. involving a car fire on the other side of the St. John River at Carr’s Siding, near Newburg.
The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department is responding to a fire at a commercial building in the Regency area. JFRD said it’s happening in the 9400 block of Atlantic Boulevard.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Mayor Donna Deegan announced Percy Golden II as the new chief of the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department on Monday, following the retirement of longtime Chief Keith Powers.