FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – Flames tore through a Fort Lauderdale home, prompting first responders to come to the rescue of two people.<\/p>\n
According to Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, units responded to multiple 911 calls about a house fire near the 1400 block of Riverland Road, just after 8 a.m. on Monday.<\/p>\n
Video recorded by FLFR shows flames shooting through the windows and the roof of the structure, as well as dark smoke pouring out from the residence and filling the air.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn arrival, we had heavy smoke, heavy fire showing,\u201d said FLFR Battalion Chief Mike Salzano. \u201cOur companies went in, did an aggressive attack, pretty goof knockdown of the fire.\u201d<\/p>\n
Officials said firefighters were able to put out the flames after about a half hour.<\/p>\n
Crews rescued two people from the home and transported one of them to the hospital. Paramedics evaluated the other person at the scene for possible smoke inhalation.<\/p>\n
Homeowner Sardias Canela said her brother was the occupant who was taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was using candles,\u201d she said. \u201cMy brother suffers from a mental illness, bipolar\/schizophrenic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Canela said the property, which was their deceased mother\u2019s home, is now vacant and in probate, adding her brother wasn\u2019t supposed to be there.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d just fixed the garage door; [my brother] did it three years ago and now again,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fire did vent through the roof, so we\u2019ve got a pretty sizable hole in the roof,\u201d said Salzano. \u201cThe house is pretty destroyed at this point.\u201d<\/p>\n
Now Canela is left to clean up the mess<\/p>\n
\u201cMakes me feel hopeless, makes me feel alone, so I am just going to sell it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Canela\u2019s brother is expected to be OK.<\/p>\n
Officials are attempting to determine the official cause of this fire.<\/p>\n
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