FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. (WSVN) – Five people were left without a place to call home after a house went up in flames in Fort Lauderdale, leading firefighters to come to the rescue of several pets.<\/p>\n
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue units responded to a report of a vehicle fire under a carport along the 3000 block of Southwest Second Street, just after 6:20 p.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Officials said the flames spread from the carport to the house before crews arrived.<\/p>\n
Investigators said the three adults and two children who live in the home were able to evacuate safely.<\/p>\n
Firefighters rescued a dog, two rabbits and a bearded dragon from the burning home.<\/p>\n
It took crews about 30 minutes to bring the fire under control.<\/p>\n
7News cameras captured the residence boarded up with plywood, as well as construction workers on the roof as they started to make some much-needed repairs to the property, which sustained extensive damage.<\/p>\n
The American Red Cross confirmed they are assisting the residents who were displaced by the fire. They are all OK.<\/p>\n
A fire investigator is trying to determine what sparked the flames.<\/p>\n
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