Nearly 50 firefighters were dispatched to a massive barn fire in Parkland, where one firefighter was later transported to hospital after showing signs of heat exhaustion. The firefighter is expected to be OK.
The incident happened at around 5 a.m., Monday, when units received a call concerning a barn and guest house fire.
Aerial video from 7Skyforce showed flames engulfing the structure located along the 7300 block of Northwest 82nd Terrace.
A neighbor was the first one to notice the flames and called 911.
“I called 911 and then I tried to call my neighbor across the street and they didn’t answer. So I ran over there and I knocked, I rang the doorbell, I was banging on windows and I finally got them up and I got the out of the house because I know close their barn is to their house and I was afraid that their house would go up also,” said Maxine Gutman.
The neighbor told 7News that a young couple lives there with their two kids.
At the time of the fire, there were chickens inside the barn, but firefighters were able to safely remove them.
“We received a 911 call around 5 a.m., this morning from a resident who reported that their barn and their guest house behind their home was on fire. When our units arrived they found this large structure that was fully engulfed in fire,” said Deputy Fire Chief Mike Moser. “Thankfully there was no animals in there that was trapped. Everybody was able to get out and at this point we did transport one firefighter to a local hospital and so far there’s no other injuries other than that.”
Firefighters were observed battling the blaze on the ground, from the exterior of the property, because it was too dangerous to go inside.
The fire was stubborn and took a while to get under control. Smoke was still rising from building and hot spots had to be monitored.
Officials told 7News that there’s a gap between the original roof and the new in roof in the structure, which kept re-igniting the flames.
Using nearby resources, crews pumped water from canals to ensure they had enough water.
“Most of the times we have to draft out of canals and lakes to get water. Thankfully, we had enough water in our fire trucks and were able to draft out of local ponds and canals to be able to get water to put the fire out,” said Deputy Fire Chief Mike Moser.
As of 10 a.m., the fire was extinguished, fours hours after it started. Exhausted from the flames, rescue units switched out crews and took breaks as needed.
The structure is completely damaged and the roof has since collapsed.
No animals or other humans were injured.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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Source: wsvn
