HALLANDALE BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - A fire tore through a room at a motel in Hallandale Beach, leaving a woman without a home.
The flames broke out around 2:00 a.m. Friday morning at the El Rancho Motel, located at 424 North Federal Highway and Northeast Fifth Street.
According to officials, around 40 firefighters responded and knocked down the flames within about 10 minutes.
“We’re going to start evacuating all the other apartments around it,” a firefighter can be heard saying over the radio. “Be advised it’s on the north side of the building on Fifth Street.”
7News cameras captured the outside of the unit with a shattered window and soot-covered glass. Cameras also captured a heavily damaged interior.
The woman and her friend were on the scene surveying the damage.
She declined to speak on camera, still rattled by the fire, but a friend of the woman who was on the scene told 7News that he is trying to salvage whatever she has left.
The exact cause of the fire is currently under investigation by the Florida State Fire Marshal’s Office.
The Red Cross is helping the displaced victim.
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