An investigation is underway after a fire broke out at an apartment in Tamarac that claimed the life of a woman early Tuesday morning, officials said.
Authorities said the house fire occurred around 3:30 a.m. the 7900 block of South Colony Circle in Tamarac.
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Cellphone video from a neighbor shows the billowing smoke as fire rescue crews worked to get the flames under control.
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“I just heard the fire alarm and heard lots of screaming, people telling — telling everybody to get out and evacuate," said one woman who woke up just before 4 a.m. to find smoke creeping into her unit.
She did not want to be identified but said the 29-year-old woman who was killed was the mother of a young boy.
“It was a family. It was her husband, and I heard that she had a 4-year-old child," the woman said. “The police were asking the neighbors what happened, or if something happened before, and they told the police that they were arguing prior to the fire.”
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Authorities have not confirmed how many people were in the unit but Tamarac Fire Rescue said the fire was contained to one unit.
The woman was transported to a nearby where she later died, but officials said there were no other injuries were reported.
“It scared me. I didn’t know what to do. I didn’t know where the fire was, or how much time I had to, you know, evacuate my apartment," one neighbor said.
BSO’s Homicide detectives and Crime Scene units were notified to investigate and authorities said the Red Cross was also at the scene, but help was not needed.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
