{"id":268282,"date":"2026-05-12T17:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268282\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T17:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:40:12","slug":"6-displaced-after-fire-erupts-inside-pompano-beach-quadruplex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/268282\/","title":{"rendered":"6 displaced after fire erupts inside Pompano Beach quadruplex"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0May 12, 2026 at 7:44 AM<\/p>\n<p>Six people were displaced from their homes after a fire erupted early Tuesday morning inside a quadruplex in Pompano Beach, a city spokesperson confirmed in a news release. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">POMPANO BEACH, Fla.  \u2014 Six people were displaced from their homes after a fire erupted early Tuesday morning inside a quadruplex in Pompano Beach, a city spokesperson confirmed in a news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/05\/12\/se-registra-incendio-en-vivienda-multifamiliar-en-pompano-beach\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/05\/12\/se-registra-incendio-en-vivienda-multifamiliar-en-pompano-beach\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">According to the spokesperson, the fire was reported at about 3:15 a.m. in the 300 block of Northwest Fifth Street.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">City officials said 14 adults were inside the building\u2019s four units when the fire erupted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cOne adult male suffered a laceration after jumping from a window to escape the flames, while another individual experienced a seizure,\u201d the news release stated. \u201cBoth patients were transported to Broward Health North for treatment. The remaining 12 residents escaped without injury.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A Local 10 News crew was at the scene later in the morning and saw broken windows and crime scene tape around the home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Residents said they\u2019re unsure how the fire started.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Pompano Beach firefighters and an ambulance cleared the scene by 5 a.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The Broward Sheriff\u2019s Office then took over the investigation, putting crime scene tape up as they investigated what led up to the blaze.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">City officials confirmed that two of the four units were deemed \u201cuninhabitable,\u201d leaving six residents displaced.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The American Red Cross is providing temporary housing to those affected. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It\u2019s unclear whether any injuries were reported. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The cause of the fire is under investigation by BSO, Pompano Beach Fire Rescue investigators and the Florida State Fire Marshal\u2019s Office.<\/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=\"Jackie Pascale\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/7459247a-7a40-428f-b513-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Jackie Pascale<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Jackie Pascale joined the Local 10 News team in July 2025 as a reporter.<\/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\/05\/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:\u00a0May 12, 2026 at 7:44 AM Six people were displaced from their homes after a fire erupted early&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-268282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268282","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=268282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}