MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Authorities are investigating the cause of a suspicious fire that erupted overnight at a home in Miami Gardens.
Surveillance video shows a home in the 2400 block of Northwest 170th Street going up in flames before someone is seen running away from the house and leaving on a bicycle.
A total of 11 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units responded to the scene around 12:30 a.m. Friday.
A Local 10 News crew was in the area later in the morning after Miami-Dade FIre Rescue crews extinguished the blaze before leaving around 4 a.m.
“They initially entered did a primary search, rapidly extinguished the fire and controlled the situation quickly,” said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Armando Pesaturo.
Homeowner Queen McCoy told Local 10 News reporter Saira Anwer that she is renting out her childhood home to tenants who were able to make it out of the home safely.
After seeing the surveillance video, McCoy believes the fire was intentionally set.
“It’s frustrating,” she said. “But basically, it was my grandmother’s house and she left it to me and I had a few tenants staying here, but I know that this was done on purpose.”
No injuries were reported, but the home has since been deemed unsafe.
McCoy said she has no choice to move on now that her childhood home went up in flames.
“I’m trying not to stress about things that I can’t control,” she said. “I’m just gonna try to move forward and see what will be my next step with getting this taken care of,” she said.”
Anyone with further information is asked to call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477.