Residents displaced in fire are stuck in hotels; commissioner says new housing is ready
Those who used to live at Temple Court Apartments are worried about where they'll end up next.
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Those who used to live at Temple Court Apartments are worried about where they'll end up next.
Fire trucks and ambulances sit outside the building where a training exercise with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue ended with the death of the son of a firefighter.
MDPD's Homicide Bureau has taken over the death investigation, while MDPD's Arson detectives and the Florida State Fire Marshal are investigating the cause of the fire.
Miami-Dade County Mayor Danielle Levine Cava confirmed to CBS News Miami that the fire was a result of a training exercise gone wrong.
A firefighter had to be transported to a local hospital following a fire at a three-story Virginia Gardens building Friday before noon.
A training exercise for firefighters turned dangerous on Friday with one firefighter hospitalized during an exercise in Virginia Gardens.
The damage was so severe that residents were not allowed inside to retrieve their personal belongings.
It was an emotional day for the residents of the Temple Court Apartments on Tuesday as crews began demolition of the building, which was heavily damaged in a fire that was intentionally set last week.
Some residents are upset they won't be allowed to retrieve personal things from the Miami building to be demolished Tuesday morning.
Officials with the City of Miami announced Monday that the Temple Court Apartment building complex will be demolished Tuesday morning following a massive fire that displaced more than 40 residents last week.
On Tuesday, more than 40 residents displaced by a massive fire at The Temple Court Apartments near downtown Miami were relocated to a motel while the city works to find permanent housing.
CBS News Miami's Chelsea Jones reports on the displaced Miami apartment complex fire who are finding refuge at a local motel.
Miami Police announced the arrest of a 73-year-old man accused of the shooting of another man and starting a massive fire at a Miami apartment complex that displaced more than 40 residents on Monday morning.
Dozens of mostly elderly residents displaced by a massive apartment fire in Miami arrived Monday afternoon at a community center in Little Havana, at least 20 of them were rescued by firefighters.
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez held a Monday afternoon press conference to address a large fire at an apartment building that has been burning since about 8 a.m. and to ask for donations to help those affected by the fire.
CBS News Miami's Peter D'Oench reports from Miami, where firefighters battled a 3-alarm fire for hours.
At this time, fire and law officials have not identified the person burned in the fire.
No one was hurt.
Miami Fire Rescue said they responded after calls of smoke in the area.
The fire erupted at an amusement park in the city of Rajkot in Gujarat state.
Five cars were destroyed
Miami Fire Rescue said the building was not occupied
The driver said he was filling up at the station when he noticed smoke coming from his truck
Authorities are investigating what may have started a house fire in Miami Gardens on Wednesday afternoon.
The grass fire which burned 20 acres along the Turnpike in SW Miami-Dade had been mostly contained by Monday evening.
