MIAMI (WSVN) - Firefighters worked to put out a structure fire in Miami that left a restaurant damaged and forced three families out of their homes.
City of Miami Fire Rescue units responded to the scene on the corner of Southwest 27th Avenue and 12th Street, at around 6 a.m., Sunday.
Crews arrived to find smoke billowing from both floors of a two-story structure.
The building consists of the restaurant Porto Alegre on the ground floor and three residential units on the top floor.
After 45 minutes, crews were able to put out the flames.
The restaurant sustained significant damage, as well as a unit on the second floor.
In total, six adults were displaced.
One of them, Nietzche Navarro, said everyone made it out of the building safely.
“We have to thank God. Everyone that lives in this building is OK and accounted for,” said Navarro as she spoke through a translator. “We did lose everything; all of our belongings are gone. There was extensive damage in our units. It looks horrible.”
No injuries were reported.
Volunteers with the American Red Cross are helping the families that were displaced.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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