NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Fire crews were able to contain a fire that erupted in a building and spread to multiple vehicles.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to the fire just before 10p.m. Tuesday in the 3100 block of Northwest 54th Street in the Brownsville neighborhood of Northwest Miami-Dade.
7News cameras captured flames shooting out of the windows and thick smoke billowing from the roof as firefighters strategized their fire attack tactic.
7News spoke to a man who lives next door, who didn’t want to be identified, said about eight people in his apartment were evacuated due to the fierce flames.
“We first heard a big boom. We thought somebody had hit the building,” he said. “Then we heard another pop, another pop, another pop. Then when we looked outside, we saw the first car. The one that’s outside the building. It was one on fire real bad. But the smoke was so bad it actually entered into our apartment building and it was just chaotic. By the time we actually figured out what’s going on, the fire department came in, and told us we had to evacuate the building,” said the man.
The fire initially started inside the building but quickly spread to cars that were parked in front of the building.
Aerial video taken Wednesday by 7Skyforce didn’t show any damage to the building’s roof but the cars were charred.
Records indicates that, Five Star Auto Service, operates inside the building. It’s unclear if any of the cars that were damaged belonged to customers of the business.
“We speak frequently. Like I said, they’re pretty nice guys,” said the man.
Officials said the fire is under control.
No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire, as well as the extent of the damages, are still unclear.
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