MIAMI – A Miami childcare center had to be evacuated Wednesday morning after a fire started at a nearby home.
The fire started inside a vacant quad-plex building near Northeast 80th Terrace and Northeast First Avenue.
Miami Department of Fire-Rescue Capt. Ignatius Carroll said firefighters arrived and found heavy flames and smoke coming from the building.
The owner of the adjacent Bola Childcare & Learning Center decided to evacuate, pulling the fire alarm and removing all 30 children inside. She said it was something the children have practiced over and over again during fire drills.
Firefighters extinguished the fire, but they were concerned about squatters and searched the home to make sure there was nobody inside.
Parents rushed to the daycare to pick up their children and were thankful that everyone was safe.