A person was hospitalized and a dog was killed after a fire tore through a mobile home in northwest Miami-Dade. NBC6’s Lena Salzbank reports
A person was hospitalized and a dog was killed after a fire tore through a mobile home in northwest Miami-Dade Wednesday morning.
The fire broke out at the home in the area of Northwest 14th Avenue and Northwest 77th Terrace.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said crews responded to the home and were able to put out the fire, but one person was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center as a trauma alert.
Firefighters also performed CPR on three dogs that were found at the house but only two survived, officials said.
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A couple who lives in the back of the home said first they noticed the smoke.
When Olga Santana and her husband went to investigate what was going on, they realized the front of the home was on fire and their neighbor was trapped inside.
"I go over there and broke a window," Santana's husband said. "I see the lady on the floor, and me and the other man pull her and put her outside."
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The cause of the fire will be investigated, and the Red Cross was contacted to assist the residents.
