Operations & Training

Recycling Center Fire Injures Miami-Dade FFs

June 28, 2019

Two Miami-Dade firefighters were taken to the hospital with injuries received while battling a blaze that broke out at a Doral recycling facility early Friday.

By Devoun Cetoute

Source Miami Herald

Two Miami-Dade firefighters were injured battling a blaze at a recycling facility in Doral early Friday.

Two Miami-Dade firefighters were taken to hospitals early Friday morning while working on a Doral recycling facility fire.

At 6:16 a.m., Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded to a fire breaking out at a recycling facility near Northwest 70th Street and 97th Avenue, according to fire rescue.

While fighting the fire, two firefighters were sent to a local hospital, fire rescue said. One may have suffered minor injuries, while the other possibly had heat exhaustion. They are expected to be released later today.

The fire has been put out, and investigators are still searching for the cause of the fire.

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