Elderly man hospitalized after fire breaks out in NW MiamiDade home
Sep 24, 2026
A fire broke out at a home in Northwest Miami-Dade that left an elderly man trapped inside.
Fifteen Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the home located on Northwest 101st Street and 35th Avenue, at around 5:45 a.m. on Thursday.
About 15 minutes earlier., video from a neighbor’s Ring c
amera showed flames and thick gray smoke billowing from the home after the second-alarm blaze ignited.
7News cameras captured firefighters walking in and out of the home surveying the damage. It took crews about two hours to knock down the flames.
Officials said the family who lives in the home called fire rescue and informed crews upon their arrival that one of their relatives, an elderly man, was trapped in his bedroom.
According to officials, the elderly man was safely evacuated by firefighters and transported to an area hospital. They said he is stable, but the extent of his injuries are unknown.
“They transported him over to a rescue, and that rescue transported him to the nearest facility,” said MDFR Chief Fire Officer Sergio Llorella. “The units continued to fight the fire, extinguish it, contain it to its area of origin and prevent it from extending to any other parts of the house.”
Firefighters said the fire started in the home’s garage. The cause remains under investigation.
7News cameras captured significant soot and smoke damage on the roof and front of the house.
It is unclear how many people were inside of the home at the time the fire started, but officials said everyone made it out safely, including the family’s dog.
The area of Northwest 101st Street around the home has been taped off and closed to traffic near 35th Avenue.
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