Fire breaks out at Hialeah shopping center

A roof fire in Wednesday’s pre-dawn hours closed part of a shopping center on West 49th Street in Hialeah.

While all appeared normal from Hialeah’s main east-west thoroughfare, behind the Burlington Coat Factory and The Dollar Tree at 590 W. 49th St., Hthe ialeah Fire Department dealt with a roof fire that Capt. Cesar Espinoza said started around 5:50 a.m. Espinoza said there were no injuries and the cause remains under investigation.

Employees at The Dollar Tree stood in the parking lot at the normal 8 a.m. opening time while the doors told potential early customers “Closed No Power.”

The Office Depot in the same strip, however, was open.

This story was originally published April 6, 2016 at 7:53 AM with the headline "Fire breaks out at Hialeah shopping center."