MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. \u2014 A longtime Miami Gardens resident watched a fire tore through his home Friday evening.<\/p>\n
Edward Brown Jr., known in the community as \u201cMr. Brown,\u201d embraced friends and family as he watched the aftermath of the flames that destroyed the house he\u2019s lived in for more than 50 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t have anything right now,\u201d Brown said.<\/p>\n
Video from Sky 10 showed heavy smoke pouring out of the home as fire ripped through the property.<\/p>\n
Brown, a retired teacher, said the fire started shortly after he had been cooking.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I thought I had turned the burner off, but when I went to the door, there was too much smoke,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He explained that he had just finished frying fish and was outside talking with his son when they realized something was wrong.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wasn\u2019t really scared. Thank God I wasn\u2019t scared,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Already outside, Brown and others tried to use a garden hose to control the flames as firefighters rushed into the neighborhood. The chaotic scene temporarily shut down the street.<\/p>\n
Neighbors gathered nearby, many concerned as crews worked to put out the fire.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody was concerned, and I want to apologize to them,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI didn\u2019t mean to disturb the neighborhood like this.\u201d<\/p>\n
No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.<\/p>\n
\ud83c\udfe0 News From Your Neighborhood<\/p>\n
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