A fire inside an apartment building in Miami left one man badly injured and several people displaced. — A fire inside an apartment building in Miami left one man badly injured and several people displaced.
It happened around 7 p.m. Tuesday inside a first-floor unit of a two-story building along the 1300 block of Northwest 40th Street.
A Miami police officer went inside and rescued a 36-year-old man who had third degree burns over 90% of his body, authorities said.
That man was rushed to Ryder Trauma Center at Jackson Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
Fire crews also rescued a dog inside the building.
Authorities said it took firefighters around 20 minutes to extinguish the blaze.
Three adults were forced out of their homes and are being assisted by the American Red Cross.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
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