A FAST-RUNNING FIRE TRAVELED THE ROOF IN A LAUDERHILL, FLORIDA, apartment building Friday afternoon, destroying most of the 30-unit building. The fire began shortly before 2 pm in a 3rd-floor apartment and then spread to the next unit as it also expanded into the attic which had no firewalls in it.
WFOR-TV
When the FD first arrived on the scene they found fire showing through the roof and began an interior attack in the units where the fire was seated and in the area ahead of the flame travel. But shortly the entire attic was afire and the roof started collapsing, bringing an evacuation order for the FF’s.
The fire was knocked down after 4 pm, but investigators will not be able to get inside until Saturday.
WSVN-TV image
WSVN-TV has a video report HERE.
The Miami Herald has MORE.
WFOR-TV has a 68-image photo gallery HERE.
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