SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Firefighters worked to extinguish a house fire in Southwest Miami-Dade.
The fire broke out along Southwest 100th Court and Colonial Drive, just before 2:30 a.m., Wednesday.
“We did have a downed powerline, got FPL to come and secure the power,” said Pedro Rodriguez of Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. “Took a little while, so we had to make sure we stayed away from that area, so the powerline did burn from the fire.”
“It shook me up,” said neighbor Erika Parker. “It certainly shook me up, because we know them so well.”
“The flames were much higher than my house, twice as high, and it was like a furnace,” said neighbor Micheline Aristide. “It was boiling over.”
Officials said a family of three was inside the home at the time of the fire.
They woke up to the sound of crackling, which alerted them about the fire.
“Sitting by my house, they said they were OK, everybody was out,” Aristide said.
“We basically had multiple lines also in operation, and we also used our aerial pieces from a huge roof opening from the fire that vented through the roof,” Rodriguez said.
All three people escaped the flames without incident.
Officials have dubbed the home a total loss.
Loved ones of those affected rushed to the scene to see their home of more than 20 years destroyed.
“I’m just happy everybody made it out safely and nobody got hurt, and we were able to put the fire out,” Rodriguez said.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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