NORTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) - Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to a house fire in Northwest Miami-Dade early Monday morning.
The incident occurred around 4:30 a.m. near the intersection of 204th Street and Northwest 55th Court.
Around 5:30 a.m. several fire trucks were seen picking up their equipment once the fire was extinguished.
Juniel Alcazapal said he didn’t know what happened, but as soon as he saw the fire, he started running.
He was inside sleeping when the fire broke out next door.
Residents have reported that the fire also impacted a neighboring house. Video footage showed damage to a blue house next to the house that caught fire.
“Somebody start to scream, ‘The fire, the fire,’ to get out and I saw the fire, and I tried to do what I did until the fire department came,” said Nelson, a neighbor.
Nelson owns the blue home next door and said the flames started in a shed in the middle of two homes, which caught the neighboring house on fire too.
It is unclear how many people occupied the house but officials said four people suffered minor burns—no one wanted to be transported to the hospital.
“They initiated a rapid fire tact, primary search, made sure everybody was out of the structure and quickly put the fire under control,” said MDFR Battalion Chief Armando Pesaturo.
Though the fire didn’t start on Nelson’s property, it certainly caused thousands of dollars in damages.
The American Red Cross was called to the scene and will assist the residents affected by the fire.
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