A fire broke out at an unoccupied Miami Beach apartment Thursday morning, forcing out residents of the entire building.
The fire started just after 3:30 a.m. inside the St. George complex, located at 605 Euclid Avenue. Miami Beach Fire Rescue was dispatched to the scene shortly afterward and found smoke and flames coming from one unit.
Bystanders tried smashing the windows open to help anyone who was inside but later found the apartment was unoccupied.
Ilhan Korkmaz, who lives at the unit, had left about two hours before the fire started.
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“They just told me that the bed is burned," he said.
Crews were able to get the fire under control shortly afterward. The fire was contained to the single unit, but the building was evacuated as a precaution. No one was injured.
Korkmaz believes an electronic item or scooter sparked the fire, but arson investigators are still looking into the cause.
