MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – A Big Lots store in northwest Miami-Dade County was evacuated Monday morning after a tar pot caught fire on the roof of an adjacent vacant business.
The fire started at 11:40 a.m. on the roof of a building that houses a Big Lots near Northwest 167th Street and Northwest 57th Avenue.
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All patrons and employees safely got out of the store, as did the workers on the roof, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Lt. Felipe Lay said.
The fire was quickly extinguished and everyone was allowed back into Big Lots.