NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Three crew members were taken to the hospital after, officials said, they and three others were injured when a roof collapsed under their feet at a warehouse in Northwest Miami-Dade, Thursday afternoon.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Miami-Dade Police responded to the scene, along Northwest 70th Street and 37th Avenue, after the roof caved in while workers from Best Roofing were doing repairs, at around 4:30 p.m.
“The roof was rumbling, and I ran fast,” said a worker who avoided getting hurt, as he spoke to 7News through a translator.
“Somewhere between where they were working and the equipment staging, apparently that area had the collapse,” said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Capt. Eric Baum.
A 911 call went out around 4:45 p.m. Once officials arrived on the scene, they found three injured workers who needed to be hospitalized and three others who were affected but did not need transport.
According to officials, the gaping hole was about 100 feet by 50 feet. Workers fell eight to 10 feet into the building.
7’s Skyforce HD hovered over the scene as a stretcher was lowered onto the roof.
One of the workers was taken away on a stretcher. “There was somebody who was seriously hurt, a patient we declared a trauma alert,” said Baum.
Paramedics transported that victim to Jackson Memorial Hospital. 7News cameras captured the victim being wheeled into Ryder Trauma Center.
Firefighters treated the other three injured crew members at the scene.
The extent of the injuries of the other victims transported to the hospital is unknown.
Thursday evening, crews brought in dogs to look for any other possible victims. They gave the all clear shortly after.
Officials said they train for this kind of situation all year, and they are thankful the outcome of Thursday’s collapse wasn’t worse. “None of the 40 firefighters on scene or two K-9 assets were injured at all,” said Baum.
The cause of the roof collapse remains under investigation.
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