Building fire in Little Havana leaves many families homeless

Many families were left homeless A dog lost his life on Saturday, after a fire broke out in an apartment in the apartment complex where they lived in Little Havana, Miami.

The incident originated in the afternoon, in an apartment complex located in the 1300 block of 17th Lane in southwest Miami-Dade. The fire supposedly started in a ground floor unit and then pushed the flames upward, according to reports. Cuba in Miami.

Several firefighting units responded to the emergency call. No one was injured or killed but… A resident’s pet cannot be saved in time.

“These guys [los bomberos]“The truth is that they tried to revive the puppy, they gave him a lot of oxygen, but it was very strong, a long time inside the candle and the smoke,” said Marisol, a resident of the apartment complex.

According to the site Local10 Newsa peaceful pet cremation service car took the deceased dog.

Several residents, who have been in the building for more than 30 years, lamented the fire. The authorities did not specify where the fire broke out, but confirmed that the four apartments in one of the blocks were damaged.

“This is my parents’ apartment, where my kids grew up, and now there is nothing, totally destroyed and what now,” said Kathy, another tenant of the building.

A recent event in the same neighborhood of Miami-Dade County left six people homeless. The incident began at about 4:20 p.m. on August 6, in an apartment complex located on Beacom Boulevard and 7th Street, and originated, most likely, in the air conditioning equipment of Unit 8, he said. Telemondo 51 Osel Soluzano, renter of the burned-out apartment. However, the authorities did not confirm this reason.

According to Soluzano, he went out to buy food for his daughters and on his return noticed the fire and turned off the fire alarm to get his neighbors out. The man assumes that the flames moved from the air conditioner to the furniture and expanded and gained strength.

A firefighting unit that was passing through the neighborhood saw the fire and requested additional resources to put it out before it was reported. When the Miami Fire and Rescue Department responded to the emergency, they found thick smoke billowing from the second floor of an apartment building.

According to the media, the fire has been upgraded to Code 1 for additional support, while inspections have been conducted in all units of the building to ensure that all residents are evacuated.

“I have three kids and at the moment I thought one of my kids would stay inside, the boy, because he was in the room and I was about to leave him inside,” Jessica Jimenez, a Cuban who was in the building, told the news channel Visiting Aunt.

Victims said that the accident happened suddenly and that everything was lost. The fire department managed to put out the flames within five minutes, and in cooperation with the Miami-Dade police, many animals were saved, however, a cat lost its life.

The Salvation Army has provided assistance to those in need to rebuild their lives, while the Miami Fire Investigation Unit investigates the cause of the fire.

Last July, a Fire at Brickell Mall in Miami It forced local firefighters to mobilize quickly, who evacuated customers and staff who were in the building to put them in a safe place.

Days ago, a raging fire seriously damaged Tropicana Flea Marketthe largest flea market in Miami-Dade County.

Looks like the fire broke out in food trucksFrom where it spread to a tent with commercial poles and from there to a warehouse on the first floor, according to local media.

in March , An elderly Cuban couple died After a fire broke out in the apartment they were living in, also in Miami.

On that occasion, all the tenants of the building were evacuated by the firefighters, who also managed to get the 80-year-old couple out, but they did not survive.