Woman found dead in burning car in Dr. Phillips

Deputies responded to the vehicle fire on Glasgow Avenue in Orlando.

By Amy Quesinberry
| 9:32 p.m. August 20, 2024

West Orange Times & Observer
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The Orange County Sheriff’s Office responded to a vehicle fire in the 5000 block of Glasgow Avenue around 2:20 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20. Deputies said they discovered a woman in her 30s unresponsive inside the fully engulfed vehicle, and Orange County Fire Rescue pronounced her dead at the scene.

The investigation is being handled by the State Fire Marshal’s office.

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Amy Quesinberry

Community Editor Amy Quesinberry was born at the old West Orange Memorial Hospital and raised in Winter Garden. Aside from earning her journalism degree from the University of Georgia, she hasn’t strayed too far from her hometown and her three-mile bubble. She grew up reading The Winter Garden Times and knew in the eighth grade she wanted to write for her community newspaper. She has been part of the writing and editing team since 1990.