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The waters off Walton County, Florida, have been closed after back-to-back shark bite incidents in the county Friday. Both incidents occurred near Walton County and not near a boat, but officials are unclear how far the attacks happened from the land, said McKenzie McClintock, the South Walton Fire District PIO. The two incidents took place about 4 miles apart within about 90 minutes hour, South Walton Fire District Chief Ryan Crawford said. There were three victims in total.
Soon after, at 2:56 p.m., the sheriff's office and fire department responded to a second shark incident at Sandy Shores Court area off Seacrest Beach in Walton County. There were two victims in that attack, Crawford said: Two females between the ages of 15 and 17. They were with a group of friends 'just inside the first sandbar,' Crawford said, which makes the location 'very similar' to the first attack.
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