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Two City of Miami Fire Rescue firefighters were rushed to the hospital after getting injured while battling a blaze.
Fire crews responded to the fire that erupted in a building under renovation near the area of Northwest First Avenue and 14th Street in Overtown.
“When our units arrived, we found heavy smoke and flames coming from all three floors,” said City of Miami Fire Rescue Lt. PS. “So immediately they began their fire attack and searches.”
Officials said one firefighter was working his way through the second floor when he partially fell through the floor.
Other firefighters safely lowered him down, and he was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
“We had a firefighter who was working on the second floor who fell through the first floor,” said Lt. S. “Luckily he landed. He was safe. He made his way out. He was evaluated immediately, but he was taken to the hospital just for precaution.”
Another firefighter was also rushed to the hospital for second-degree burns to the ear and forearm.
“Even though it’s being renovated and it’s believed to be vacant, we still need to ensure that there is no one inside. That there is no one that maybe made their way in to find a place to stay. So every unit has been searched inside and out just to ensure that there are no other victims,” said Lt. S. “It’s just the dangers of firefighting and going inside and making sure that it was safe and that there was no one inside at the time of the fire.”
The three-story building was unoccupied at the time of the fire.
“It’s too early to determine how it started. What the cause was, but a fire marshal and investigators are on the scene to determine what the cause was,” said Lt. S.
Both investigators are expected to be okay.
It’s unknown how the fire started.
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