Mother, infant escape after fire erupts inside northwest Miami-Dade home

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – A large fire erupted Wednesday afternoon at a home in northwest Miami-Dade.

Sky 10 was above the 5100 block of Northwest 194th Lane shortly before 3 p.m. as firefighters had nearly extinguished the blaze.

Dianna Placeres told Local 10 News’ Roy Ramos that she and her 3-month-old daughter were inside when the fire erupted.

Fortunately, they were able to make it out safely, but a family pet did not.

ā€œWe lost a dog, I couldn’t get her out of the house,ā€ Placeres said.

Light smoke was still coming from the rear of the home, which was heavily damaged.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.