A Miami-Dade firefighter was hospitalized with minor injuries suffered while battling a blaze at a public storage facility in Miami Gardens on Saturday.
A Miami-Dade firefighter was hospitalized with minor injuries suffered while battling a blaze at a public storage facility in Miami Gardens on Saturday.
The fire happened at the facility in the 17500 block of Northwest 2nd Avenue.
Footage showed smoke pouring out of the building as firefighters made their way inside.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said crews responded around 10 a.m. and found heavy smoke coming from the building.
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Inside, they found multiple storage units on fire. Officials said the large amount of units inside the two-story building made it difficult and dangerous to fight.
"[It] presented a lot of challenges to actually get to the fire, because it actually had two levels inside and anytime you have a public storage facility there's a lot of different various content in there that can catch fire and create a dangerous, non-visible smoke conditions as well," Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Division Chief Michael Eng said.
Over 35 fire units responded to the scene as ladder trucks were deployed to access the roof and cut openings for ventilation.
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The fire was brought under control, and crews were monitoring for hot spots.
Eng said it was hard to tell how many storage units were impacted but he said at least three were "fully engulfed."
One firefighter who suffered minor injuries was taken to a local hospital.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
