Six adults and one child have been displaced after a multi-unit fire broke out in Coconut Grove, officials said.
Just after 5:15 a.m., the City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue responded to reports of an apartment fire located at 3040 SW 27th Lane.
On arrival, crews found a single-story garden style residential apartment with heavy smoke and flames coming from apartment number one.
Firefighters extended hand lines, entered the unit, and began a quick-fire attack and a search was conducted in all units and was deemed all clear.
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Within 20 minutes, the fire was under control and contained to the original unit, but there was water and smoke in an adjacent unit.
One woman who lives across from the unit where the fire broke out says smoke filled her apartment. She says firefighters had to help her get out. "He took my arm and said you have you go out,” she said. “I said, my dogs, he said no, we will help your dogs." “I feel very bad, I feel very bad, this is not easy, this is not easy,”
An adult male was transported to the Ryder Trauma Center with a head injury, but the cause of the injury is still unknown.
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People who live in the complex say while they tried to escape, it was also hard to breathe. Kevin Saez says he grabbed his dog and ran out the house with his parents and brother. Before he got to safety, he went next door to check on his neighbor.
"I was freaking out, I went to my neighbor's house yelling fire, fire, fire,” Saez said. "I'm grateful to my God, my Lord that He saved my family, me and my dog."
Local American Red Cross volunteer members of the Disaster Action Team responded to the scene and helped coordinate emergency aid to the seven people impacted by the blaze.
