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New video shows flames shooting into the air after a car caught fire inside a shipping container at PortMiami late Friday.
The inferno happened around 11:30 p.m., when witness Ty Davis said an explosion shook the port and surrounding area.
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Davis, who was with a group of friends at Gramps Getaway on the Rickenbacker Causeway, said he felt the boom from across the water.
"Next thing you know, we just hear super loud explosion, like full thud on the chest. And we were very confused from the direction it came from, and for awhile there was no smoke, no nothing," he said.
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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue confirmed that a vehicle caught fire inside a shipping container at a cargo yard.
Firefighters rushed to the scene and doused the flames.
No one was injured.
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Davis said he heard multiple bangs following the first one.
"When I was hearing those kind of afterwards I was getting a little bit more concerned," he said. "I was like, did a cruise ship blow up, was this a cargo thing, was this planned, was this an accident?"
Multiple videos on social media showed the flames shooting into the night sky. Videos also captured the aftermath, as crews worked to contain the blaze.
"The way [the sound] reverberated through the dock, I felt it from my chest to my feet leave in just like one motion," Davis said. "Very, very unexpected explosion, never had heard something that loud here."
Officials are investigating what caused the fire.
