A Miami-Dade firefighter whose son died in an unauthorized training exercise in June was among the three employees who resigned as an investigation continues into the deadly fire.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue confirmed Friday that firefighters Franciso A. Camero, Steven Colon and Rafael Fernandez's resignations were effective Oct. 30.
The fatal fire happened on June 21 at the three-story building in the 6500 block of Northwest 36th Street in Virginia Gardens.
Fabian Camero, the 28-year-old son of Francisco Camero, was rushed to the hospital after being critically injured and died a day later.
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The tragic death launched a multi-department probe that remains open.
Camero, a certified EMT, was not employed by Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. Why he was even at the training exercise remains under investigation.
The department, along with a group of international firefighters, were conducting training that day at the building, despite having a training facility at its headquarters just three miles away.
At the time the building’s owner told NBC6 they had a verbal agreement with the department to allow them to do “non-destructive” training.
In August, Miami-Dade County's Chief of Public Safety James Reyes confirmed that his department did not authorize the training exercise.
NBC6 has been unable to reach the now-former fire department employees for comment.
We also asked the state fire marshal for an update on their investigation and what that could mean for the three firefighters now that they have resigned. A spokesperson told us they are looking into that.
NBC6 has been requesting public records related to this training exercise as well as any incident reports detailing what first responders found at the scene.
