WEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - A woman was able to put out a mobile home fire with water hoses, buckets of water and help from neighbors, hours after having major surgery.
A mobile home located at 12000 Block of Ninth Street in West Miami-Dade was engulfed in flames around 4:30 a.m., Thursday.
“Be advised the house next door also received a 214 female screaming,” said a dispatcher over Broadcastify Police scanner.
The homeowner, Miladis Garcia, was asleep inside the home due to pain medication following knee surgery. She said she had no idea her home was on fire.
“My neighbor that live over there, he started screaming ‘Fire, fire, fire!,'” said Garcia.
The neighbor knocked on her door and screamed ‘Fire,’ prompting her to wake up.
That’s when Garcia and the neighborhood witnessed flames starting to shoot out from her mobile home.
Surveillance video from a nearby neighbor’s house showed once Garcia was up, she grabbed a water hose outside to battle the flames.
Explosions could also be seen igniting the flames and neighbors outside trying to help the homeowner.
One neighbor took the hose from Garcia, who was seen limping across the street as she is currently recovering from her knee surgery.
Shortly after, neighbors are seen on surveillance video carrying buckets full of water and grabbing nearby water hoses to extinguish the fire.
As the fire was at its peak, a neighbor called 911.
“They just advised us to occupy trailer. We have no other information at this time,” said a dispatcher over Broadcastify Police scanner.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue arrived shortly after, but Garcia and her neighbors had already put out the fire.
“Single story trailer, nothing showing, shows command investigating,” said a dispatcher over Broadcastify Police scanner.
Firefighters made sure the fire was completely out and cleared smoke out of the home.
Daylight would reveal the extent of the damage inside and outside the home.
Cellphone video showed Garcia exhausted, but not injured, after a long night battling the fire.
She knows the damages and outcome could have been much worse if her neighbors didn’t rush in to help.
“Oh my neighbor, thank you very much for the help. For my neighbors, my trailer is still up,” said Garcia.
She credits her neighbor for also saving her life by knocking on her door.
“Yes, he saved my life. If he wasn’t knocking on my door and let me know there was fire outside, probably right now I would be dead,” said Garcia.
A local fire recovery service tells 7News they met with the homeowner and she believes a bicycle battery charging outside may be the cause of the fire.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue has not confirmed the cause of the fire.
No injuries were reported.
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