OPA-LOCKA, Fla. — First responders in Miami-Dade County rushed to a large fire Monday that continued burning into Tuesday afternoon.
It sparked around 5 p.m. at a junkyard located in the area of Northwest 135th Street and Cairo Lane in Opa-locka.
Authorities began upgrading the fire soon after they started to combat the flames, with the blaze eventually being considered a six-alarm fire by late in the evening.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said wind pushed fire and embers into a second junkyard and additional businesses in the area.
Additionally, officials said they evacuated nearby apartment buildings out of an abundance of caution.
“To be honest, I have a sense of fear,” said Opa-locka resident Mimi Pierre. “I don’t live too far and I’m scared. If I lived here, I would start packing my bags.”
Sky 10 flew over the scene on Tuesday morning, where firefighters continued to douse several hotspots that were still burning.
“It looks like a bomb,” said Opa-locka resident Jairo Perez. “As soon as I saw it, the first thing I thought, it’s an airplane crash, because I saw it straight from (Interstate) 95.”
No injuries have been reported in the fire, authorities said.
There has been no word on what caused the flames to ignite.
“Right now our investigators are discussing the circumstance with one of the junkyards,” said MDFR Chief Ray Jadallah. “We have not come up with a final decision. We are having conversations with them and it’s still in the preliminary phases as a result of the sheer amount of fire.”
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