{"id":214542,"date":"2026-04-01T14:04:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:04:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/214542\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T14:04:10","slug":"man-suffers-3rd-degree-burns-after-cigarette-sparks-explosion-in-liberty-city-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/214542\/","title":{"rendered":"Man suffers 3rd-degree burns after cigarette sparks explosion in Liberty City \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A fire and explosion possibly sparked by a lit cigarette in Liberty City left a man fighting for his life on Tuesday, authorities said. <\/p>\n<p>Miami Fire Rescue was called to a two-story, multi-family building on fire at 7:08 p.m. at 1377 Northwest 40th Street.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the first floor, authorities said. They deployed hose lines and went inside the structure to fight the flames while additional crews searched for victims. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MIAMI-FIRE-RESCUE-1.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"A photo provided by Miami Fire Rescue shows the damage caused by a fire inside a structure in Liberty City on March 31, 2026. \"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMIAMI FIRE RESCUEMIAMI FIRE RESCUE<\/p>\n<p>A photo provided by Miami Fire Rescue shows the damage caused by a fire inside a structure in Liberty City on March 31, 2026. <\/p>\n<p>Fire rescue said a Miami Police officer had already gone inside the residence and rescued one 36-year-old man, who suffered third-degree burns over more than 90% of his body. <\/p>\n<p>He was rushed to Ryder Trauma Center in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our preliminary investigation leads us to believe that the patient had a gas can in his room and may have lit a cigarette causing a combustion\/explosion,&#8221; fire rescue said. <\/p>\n<p>Three other people were displaced. The American Red Cross was notified to assist those residents, fire rescue said. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MIAMI-FIRE-RESCUE-2.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"A photo provided by Miami Fire Rescue shows what appears to be a laundry room charred beyond recognition after a fire in Liberty City on March 31, 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMIAMI FIRE RESCUEMIAMI FIRE RESCUE<\/p>\n<p>A photo provided by Miami Fire Rescue shows what appears to be a laundry room charred beyond recognition after a fire in Liberty City on March 31, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>During the firefight, crews were also able to save a dog from the burning structure.<\/p>\n<p>Fire rescue said the fire was brought under control in about 20 minutes and all other occupants were successfully evacuated and accounted for. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MIAMI-FIRE-RESCUE-3.png\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"A photo provided by Miami Fire Rescue shows the outside of the structure that caught fire in Liberty City on March 31, 2026.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tMIAMI FIRE RESCUEMIAMI FIRE RESCUE<\/p>\n<p>A photo provided by Miami Fire Rescue shows the outside of the structure that caught fire in Liberty City on March 31, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>All, including the dog, were able to go back inside the building to the second floor. <\/p>\n<p>Images of the aftermath show walls burned black and rooms and belongings destroyed. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This incident is an example of what can go wrong,&#8221; fire rescue said. Authorities are now urging the public to not keep gas cans anywhere inside their homes and not use lighters or matches near any fumes.  <\/p>\n<p>The investigation continues. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fire and explosion possibly sparked by a lit cigarette in Liberty City left a man fighting for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[624,123,125,124],"class_list":["post-214542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-fires","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214542","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=214542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}