Baby boy dropped off at Oldsmar fire station

OLDSMAR -- A woman who said she had just given birth earlier today dropped off a newborn baby boy at an Oldsmar fire station this evening.

Firefighters took the infant, who was wrapped in a towel, and called the sheriff's office. The baby was left at Eastlake Fire Rescue Station #56 at 1933 Eastlake Road in Oldsmar.

The woman declined medical attention, and the baby was taken to Mease Countryside Hospital, according to the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office.

--Stephanie Garry, Times Staff Writer