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2 dogs die, firefighter suffers injury during Miami Gardens house fire displacing 13 residents

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – Miami Gardens police officers and Miami-Dade and Broward Sheriff’s Office firefighters responded to a house fire on Saturday near the boundary with Broward County.

Two dogs died during the fire that damaged a house in northeastern Miami Gardens along Northwest 215 Street, east of North Miami Avenue, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.

“We have one firefighter that got injured,” MDFR Battalion Chief Christopher True said adding that there were 13 residents who evacuated the house without injury.

Miami-Dade firefighters respond to a house fire on Saturday in Miami Gardens. (Copyright 2023 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.)

True said the cause of the fire was under investigation and the building was deemed unsafe. There was a large recreational vehicle parked on the side of the house and a line of parked cars by the front yard’s fence.

According to Miami-Dade County records, the property is a 2,442-square-foot single-family house with three bedrooms and one bathroom. A satellite view of the house on Google Maps showed two additions to the back of the original structure and a street view captured in February showed half a dozen cars parked in front.

Miami-Dade firefighters responded to a house fire on Saturday in Miami Gardens. (Copyright 2023 by WPLG Local10.com - All rights reserved.)

Local 10 News Photojournalist Christopher Hinson and Assignment Desk Editor Joyce Grace Ortega contributed to this report.

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