A marked Hollywood Police SUV caught fire early Thursday morning in a Kendale Lakes neighborhood in Southwest Miami-Dade, prompting a dramatic emergency response and raising questions about whether the fire was intentionally set.
The incident happened around 12:02 a.m. near SW 139 Court, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office. Deputies from the Hammocks district arrived to find the unoccupied police vehicle engulfed in flames. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews responded and extinguished the fire. No injuries were reported.
Video from the scene shows flames shooting through the roof of the cruiser. A 911 dispatch call captured the initial alert: “PD vehicle on fire. Advising a Hollywood PD vehicle. Unknown if it’s occupied.”
Neighbors reported hearing explosions before the fire
“We actually were watching TV and we heard an explosion, like around like 11:30 or 12,” one resident told CBS News Miami. “When we looked out the window, we saw the car on fire.”…