MARGATE, FLA. (WSVN) - More than two dozen firefighters raced to put out fierce flames after a home in Margate caught fire.
Margate Fire Rescue units responded to the scene of the blaze along the 1300 block of Northwest 58th Street, at around 6 p.m., Wednesday.
Neighbors across the street recorded and sent videos to 7News of flames and gusts of black smoke coming from the burning residence.
“Across 441 and down the road a little bit, you could see it from there,” said neighbor Nina Culver. “When we came home last night, the entire road was blocked off. You couldn’t get anywhere near here.”
Firefighters got to work right away.
Off camera, 7News spoke to the homeowner. He said he alerted his family before they all escaped the home, with pets included.
“On arrival, we did find everybody evacuated the house, but the back porch, the backside of the house was totally engulfed in the fire. Our firefighters were able to fully extinguish it and do a search, and we are currently investigating the fire,” said Margate Fire Rescue Chief Roberto Lorenzo. “There were no injures on scene. The community, the residents are safe along with our firefighters.”
Twenty-five firefighters worked to extinguish the fire.
“The neighbors are very distressed about this,” said Culver. “I have a Facebook group called Margate Neighbors, and everybody is looking to help. We just, we need to know how we can help this family right now. Whether they need a place to stay, whether they need food, if they had homeowners insurance, if there’s something we can do in between, to work on the house afterward. There’s a member that owns a storage facility that’s willing to help that has the big box trucks if they need to move anything. It’s just an awful tragedy, that shouldn’t happen to anybody.”
7News was told the fire may have started at the back of the house. However, the cause is still unknown.
Family members have set up two GoFundMe pages. If you would like to donate, click here and here.
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