DAVIE, Fla. – Davie firefighters responded to a mobile home fire early Monday morning.
The fire was reported shortly before 3 a.m. in the 8600 block of Southwest 18th Court.
Home surveillance video from across the street shows a woman rushing to ask her neighbor for help before turning to watch her home burn.
“Oh my God,” she says. “Ayuda! (Help!).”
The neighbor woke up and rushed over to help.
Fire rescue officials confirmed that 10 units responded to the scene.
Two homeowners, a man and a woman, who were inside at the time suffered burn injuries and were taken to Broward Health Medical Center.
“Raul -- the guy who lived there -- he was still in the ambulance when I came out at 3 a.m., but his wife was on a stretcher going to the hospital,” a neighbor identified as Mark said. “She looked OK -- had some burns, but from what I’ve heard, they’re gonna be OK.”
Officials say after making sure no one else was inside the home, they mounted a defensive attack from all sides and quickly extinguished the flames.
Crews, however, remained at the scene for hours to monitor hot spots.
Mark’s home also sustained damage, but nothing compared to the charred, gutted remnants of his neighbor’s home. He says the couple is in their 60s and it was a painful sight to see unfold.
“It’s kinda scary seeing what it can do to these mobile homes, that’s for sure,” he said.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.