Video shows vehicles engulfed in flames in Homestead
Several vehicles caught fire outside a Homestead home early Tuesday, with flames spreading to the house.
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Several vehicles caught fire outside a Homestead home early Tuesday, with flames spreading to the house.
Witnesses said an elderly man was unable to get out of the home and was trapped in a back room.
Units responded to reports of a fire at a dock on South Tradewinds Avenue just after 6 a.m., officials say.
All of the dogs were safely removed from the home before the fire was eventually extinguished.
The victim suffered second-degree burns and was rushed to a local hospital, according to police.
The identity of the victim has not yet been released.
A sign referencing Cuba was visible in surveillance footage of a gas pump fire at a Bird Road Chevron station.
Paramedics helped care for Eloy Cepedo after his house caught on fire around midnight, a year after moving in, he said.
The fire broke out in the 1000 block of Northeast 63rd Court around 9:45 a.m. Tuesday, officials said.
No injuries were reported, but the structure was deemed by authorities as unsafe to live in.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue said that the road closure was on Krome Avenue between SW 8th and 88th Street due to low visibility.
A fire tore through a home on Rodman Street, killing 12 dogs. Rescuers saved one.
The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that the helicopter crashed in Richfield, which is about 160 miles south of Salt Lake City.
The fire broke out at the Bay Parc Apartments across from Margaret Pace Park.
The fire was reported in the 1700 block of North Bayshore Drive in Edgewater, Miami Fire-Rescue said.
Crews mobilized rapidly to keep the fire from spreading to single-family homes about 100 yards away, fire officials say.
A fire investigator is working to determine the cause of the blaze.
According to the Florida Forest Service, the Mile Marker 40 fire has burned more than 6,000 acres just west of US-27 and north of I-75.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Aerial images showed smoke emerging from the garage of the home as fire crews actively worked to extinguish the blaze.
According to the Broward Sheriff's Office Fire Rescue, both patients were burned and transported to Broward Health North as trauma alerts.
Fire crews were forced to battle the blaze from outside the home while the man was taken into custody without incident.
The blaze broke out in the 2800 block of Pierce Street just after 6 a.m. in Hollywood, officials say.
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue officials reported zero firework-related injuries last year and aim to maintain that record through increased public safety awareness.
The agency did not specify the number of detainees relocated or confirm if they would be returned to Krome once conditions improve.
