New surveillance video shows a massive explosion at a Miami-Dade maintenance facility that killed one person and left four others injured.
The explosion happened Monday morning at the facility in the 6100 block of Southwest 87th Avenue, where maintenance is performed on fire trucks and other county vehicles.
The videos shows a massive fireball blow through the roof of a structure as someone is seen running to get clear of the explosion.
One man was killed and four others were injured in the blast, with three of the injured being hospitalized, including a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office lieutenant.
One person was killed and multiple others including a Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office lieutenant were injured in an explosion and fire at a county facility in southwest Miami-Dade. NBC6’s Steve Litz reports
Officials haven’t released the identity of the man who was killed or the people who were injured, but family members identified the man who died as Leomar Suris.
The explosion happened near several fuel pumps close to an area where underground fuel tanks are located.
Neighbors said they heard a loud bang and one woman who lives nearby said her house started shaking.
“The house shook. It was a big bang,” Celia Torres said. “We were afraid because we had no idea what has happened. The house was trembling.”
Neighbor Christina Gil said she also heard the blast then saw family members of some of the victims in her front yard, overwhelmed with emotion.
“They were crying and it was very hard to see that. It was horrific to think that maybe they had lost one of their family members,” Gil said.
The cause of the explosion remains under investigation.