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Firefighters battle two house fires on Jacksonville’s westside, both suspicious

Jacksonville Fire Rescue put out two house fires and called them both suspicious.

Jacksonville family left homeless by apartment fire shares story

A family left homeless after a westside apartment fire last week is reaching out for help.

$10,000 reward offered in St. Augustine double murder

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. The St. Johns County Sheriffs Office is offering a $10,000 reward for tips leading to arrests in the cold case murders of two men whose remains were found in a burned SUV. The bodies of Charles Durden, 27, and Steffon Larry, 26, were found inside the torched Dodge SUV in November 2016 in St. Augustine. Mark Kapelka, the lead detective on the case, told News4Jax the case went cold weeks ago. Its very hard.After reviewing the case, Kapelka said, it became clear that some of the original anonymous tipsters likely have information vital to catching these mens killer or killers. Hes asking those people to call back, either through Crime Stoppers or the Sheriffs Office.