Two mobile homes were destroyed after a fire broke out in Fort Lauderdale early Christmas morning.
According to Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, on Monday crews were notified of a mobile home on fire at 6782 NW 1 Ave in Fort Lauderdale.
Units arrived to find one mobile home fully engulfed in flames. While on scene, the Fort Lauderdale Police Department alerted crews that a second trailer was on fire a few lots down.
Rosa Sanchez lives down the streets in the Pan American Mobile Home Park and says she woke up to the sound of sirens.
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"The whole street filled with firemen," Sanchez said. “I am scared, I am scared for my kids, I barely sleep."
FLFR personnel investigated and found a second trailer with significant fire throughout.
Residents like Sanchez are now asking questions about the fire which started just a few months after residents were notified that they would be getting kicked out.
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Back in October residents received a notice saying the mobile home park was sold to another company and they must be out by April 22, but would be compensated if they choose to leave earlier.
Since the notice, Sanchez says the living conditions have been deteriorating.
“There are people coming, pretending they are moving but they don’t belong to the community they are outsiders that comes and pretend they live there and take everything that is inside,” Sanchez said.
Crews on scene were able to bring both incidents under control without injury to citizens or firefighters.
"We've lived here 19 years and this has never happened," said one neighbor.
The cause of both fires is under investigation, but officials said neither mobile home was being occupied by residents.
The American Red Cross disaster-trained team helped coordinate emergency aid to the five people who were impacted by the fire, including three children.
