{"id":105900,"date":"2024-06-11T00:03:53","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T00:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/large-fire-burns-at-miami-apartment-building-where-man-found-shot-inside\/"},"modified":"2024-06-11T00:03:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T00:03:53","slug":"large-fire-burns-at-miami-apartment-building-where-man-found-shot-inside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/large-fire-burns-at-miami-apartment-building-where-man-found-shot-inside\/","title":{"rendered":"Large fire burns at Miami apartment building where man found shot inside"},"content":{"rendered":"
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(MIAMI) — Firefighters are battling a large fire at a Miami residential building while a man who works at the complex was also found shot inside, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The fire was reported around 8:15 a.m. Monday at Temple Court Apartments, according to Miami Mayor Francis Suarez.<\/p>\n

Responding firefighters rescued more than 40 people, including some from their balconies, the mayor said, calling their actions “heroic.” There was an “explosion” following the evacuation, he said.<\/p>\n

Authorities are working to determine how many residents of the complex, most of whom are elderly, were home at the time of the fire.<\/p>\n

Suarez said it was too dangerous to fight the three-alarm fire — the first of that level in the city in 25 years — from within the building and all firefighters had been pulled out.<\/p>\n

After working to contain the fire in one section of the residential building, firefighters are continuing to fight the blaze “thankfully under much better circumstances,” Suarez said during a press briefing Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Firefighters discovered the fire on the third floor of the apartment building, according to Miami Fire-Rescue spokesperson Lt. Pete Sanchez.<\/p>\n

The building is a wood-frame structure, which “explains the intensity and the rapid spread of the fire,” he said.<\/p>\n

The cause of the blaze remains under investigation.<\/p>\n

Three firefighters were transported to a local hospital in stable condition for further evaluation, according to Sanchez. Two have since been released, he said Monday afternoon.<\/p>\n

A resident was also transported to a hospital for smoke inhalation, Sanchez said.<\/p>\n

A man was additionally found shot inside the building and transported to a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the torso in critical condition, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The person shot is an employee of the complex, according to the property’s manager, Atlantic Housing Foundation, which said it was “shocked and saddened” by the fire and shooting.<\/p>\n

“We are still determining the cause of these events, and we are checking for other injuries,” Atlantic Housing Foundation said in a statement. “Police are investigating, and we will help in whatever ways we can.”<\/p>\n

The shooting is believed to be an isolated incident and the investigation is ongoing, authorities said.<\/p>\n

“Whatever we tell you now would be pure speculation,” Miami Commissioner Manolo Reyes told reporters during the press briefing Monday afternoon. “In due time, I know and I promise you we will get to the bottom of it.”<\/p>\n

“The most immediate problem that we have now are the people that are without the homes,” he continued.<\/p>\n

The Red Cross is helping provide the displaced residents with meals and a place to stay.<\/p>\n

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