{"id":193385,"date":"2026-03-16T12:14:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/193385\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:14:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:14:10","slug":"2-men-displaced-after-apartment-fire-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/193385\/","title":{"rendered":"2 men displaced after apartment fire in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0March 16, 2026 at 7:56 AM<\/p>\n<p>Video shows Miami apartment fire Miami firefighters responded to reports of a fire at an apartment building on Saturday night. (Video courtesy of Miami Fire Rescue.)  <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI  \u2014 Two men were displaced after a fire erupted inside of an apartment unit in Miami, firefighters confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to Miami Fire Rescue Lt. Pete Sanchez, the fire was reported at about 9:50 p.m. Saturday in the 800 block of Northwest 29th Street.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/HCBQSWHWJ5HXDOHPEEB63DVVEQ.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"662\"\/>(Miami Fire Rescue) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cUpon arrival, crews encountered a two-story wood-frame residential apartment building with heavy smoke and flames coming from the roof,\u201d Sanchez said in an email to Local 10 News. \u201cThe incident was immediately upgraded to a Code 1 working fire, prompting the dispatch of additional units to the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to Sanchez, firefighters used hoses to spray the inside of the apartment building from the rear. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cSimultaneously, crews conducted searches of two apartment units, which were later confirmed to be clear of occupants,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/ITENTCQZEFF3LNLCHFTTKSOBEE.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"581\"\/>(Miami Fire Rescue) <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sanchez said conditions inside the building deteriorated within about 10 minutes, at which time command staff ordered all crews to evacuate the building, transitioning operations to a \u201cdefensive strategy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cLadder trucks then directed large volumes of water from above the structure to contain and extinguish the fire,\u201d Sanchez said. \u201cThe fire was brought under control within two hours and no injuries were reported.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Sanchez confirmed no one was home at the time of the fire, but two men have now been displaced. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Miami Fire Investigation Unit will determine the origin and cause of the fire. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Amanda Batchelor\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/83776d46-011c-4018-ab.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Amanda Batchelor<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Amanda Batchelor is the Digital Executive Producer for Local10.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0March 16, 2026 at 7:56 AM Video shows Miami apartment fire Miami firefighters responded to reports of a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":193386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-193385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}