MIAMI (WSVN) - A South Florida thrift store owner is reeling after a fire broke out at his business, and he said the blaze was no accident.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews responded to the store, located at 271 NW 54th St. in Miami, to find the business engulfed in flames, Sunday morning.
The owner, Schiller Sanon-Gaules arrived at the building to find smoke coming from the store.
“We noticed smoke, and I said, ‘Mami, I think the house next door has smoke in the yard,'” he said. “I never thought it was our place, so we got here.”
Sanon-Gaules said he’s certain the fire was set on purpose.
“Somebody had, I think, deliberately set fire to the place,” he said.
The blaze sparked during off hours while no one was inside the store.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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