PHOTOS: One person was killed and four others were injured Monday morning following an explosion and fire at a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue logistics facility, officials confirmed to Local 10 News.
The facility used to fuel Miami-Dade Fire Rescue vehicles and give them maintenance is located at 6100 SW 87th Ave., just south of Snapper Creek. “It shook the whole neighborhood,” Stephanie Galvez, who lives nearby, said.
“All of a sudden, there was a loud boom from like behind the house and the house, for a moment, felt like it was shaking and we had no idea what was going on.”
Sky 10 was above the scene at 10:40 a.m. as there appeared to be heavy damage to a fuel pump. According to Miami-Dade Sheriff Rosie Cordero-Stutz, an explosion appeared to have caused a fire at the facility.
Officials said one person was killed and four others were injured, including an MDSO lieutenant. According to the sheriff, the lieutenant and another person were transported to HCA Florida Kendall Hospital and a third victim was transported to another hospital.
Police said a fourth victim drove themself to a nearby hospital. One of the victims is in critical condition, but all of the victims are stable, according to MDSO.
Miami-Dade Fire Chief Ray Jadallah, meanwhile, confirmed that after the explosion, crews found an overhang that was destroyed and an active fire coming from underground.
He said there was vapor coming from below ground and they are still investigating whether it might have been from a gasoline vault.
“From what we see, it may have been a gasoline cell that’s underground,” Jadallah said. “There’s three vaults underground. I believe there may have been some work that was being conducted, but we’re conducting that investigation.”
WPLG-TV 10 Miami
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