Twisted Fork bartender and 4 pets killed in North Port house fire

A man was found dead within a soot-covered North Port home.

North Port Fire Rescue received a call to check an extinguished fire on Saturday around noon on the 3800 block of Trenton Lane.

Upon investigating the inside of the home, firefighters reported the body of a man in the rear bedroom. Two cats and two dogs had also perished.

The man was later identified as Tyler Rhoades, a beloved singer and bartender at the Twisted Fork.

According to North Port Fire, “smoke and soot were present throughout the home.”

North Port firefighters found that none of the smoke alarms were functioning, and the fire had started in the kitchen.

The fire remains under investigation.