{"id":370811,"date":"2026-08-13T23:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T23:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/370811\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T23:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T23:34:08","slug":"major-heartbreak-litter-of-puppies-among-12-dogs-killed-in-hollywood-apartment-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/370811\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Major heartbreak\u2019: Litter of puppies among 12 dogs killed in Hollywood apartment fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0August 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">HOLLYWOOD, Fla.  \u2014 A fire broke out on Thursday in Hollywood, causing the deaths of several dogs. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">It was just before noon when crews responded to the 1900 block of Rodman Street after receiving reports of a unit on fire. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officials said 12 dogs died in the fire while one canine was saved by a firefighter giving it CPR. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Owner Andrea Santos was at work when her boyfriend called and asked if she had noticed smoke on their ring camera.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She told Local 10 News she immediately thought of her dogs, five adult dogs and a litter of puppies, who were all trapped inside. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Santos says she took off running to save the dogs, but it would be too late by the time she arrived back at her home. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Officials said the dogs perished due to smoke inhalation. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Santos said she and her family are emotionally destroyed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cThey mean the world,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019ve had her since she was born, I\u2019ve had all of them since they were born. It\u2019s a major heartbreak for me and my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Authorities said signs point to an accidental fire, but the investigation remains ongoing. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The American Red Cross is now assisting Santos and her family find a place to stay. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Family members also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/supportbabyjudge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/supportbabyjudge\">created a GoFundMe page<\/a> to help with expenses and vet bills. <\/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=\"Samiar Nefzi\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/9dfe9245-12b2-40be-bc.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Samiar Nefzi <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Samiar Nefzi joined the Local 10 News team in August of 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0August 13, 2026 at 5:37 PM HOLLYWOOD, Fla. \u2014 A fire broke out on Thursday in Hollywood, causing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-370811","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\/370811","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=370811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}