Family displaced after escaping Lauderhill house fire that killed pet

A family was left displaced after having just seconds to save themselves and their cats during a house fire in Lauderhill.

The fire broke out at a home in the 4900 block of Northwest 83rd Avenue on Saturday.

Eileen Worst said when the fire started in her granddaughter's room, she first tried to save their home.

“I tried to get a bucket from the garage and run to the tub to fill it with water to splash it on it but then it was just too hot and I couldn't get in, I couldn't see,” Worst said. “It went up fast.”

Worst and her two grandchildren ran outside. Her forehead and some of her hair was burned.

“I'm not feeling really great, my eyes are blurry,” Worst said.

Worst told NBC6 her granddaughter had to go to the hospital to get checked out. Two of the family's cats made it out but one did not survive.

“Stressed right now, very in shock, I don't really know how to feel,” Summer Carroll said. “I went to the kitchen, I left it unattended for two minutes and my brother is screaming smoke, fire, and we're all panicking like call 911."

Firefighters said when they showed up, fire and smoke were coming from the windows and doors. Worst said her granddaughter lit an incense candle, which she believes caused the blaze.

“It was so hot it was flaming and I just hope it did not destroy everything in my grandson's room,” Worst added.

Worst noted that although they may lose everything and although they lost a cat, they're grateful they didn't lose each other.

“Oh I'm alive, my grandson's alive, my granddaughter,” Worst said.