Miami Fire Rescue Pulls Neighbor Off Balcony as Apartment Fire Forces Multiple Families Out

Some mornings start with chaos you never see coming. For the residents of an apartment complex off 53rd Avenue and Northwest Seventh Street in Miami, Tuesday began with thick black smoke, blaring alarms, and a desperate scramble to get out alive.

The fire broke out early Tuesday morning on the fourth floor of the five-story residential building. By the time it was over, 28 people had nowhere to go home to.

What Firefighters Walked Into

When Miami Fire Rescue arrived, the fourth floor hallway was already packed with heavy black smoke, visibility nearly zero. The situation escalated fast.

“When firefighters arrived, they in fact did find the residential building and they were instructed to go to the fourth floor where they encountered heavy, heavy black smoke with low visibility in the hallway,” said Miami Fire Rescue Spokesperson Pete Sanchez…