An early morning fire prompted an evacuation at a Leon Medical Centers building in Little Havana Friday.
The fire began inside a bathroom and spread to the roof of the building, according to Miami Fire-Rescue. It happened around 8 a.m. at the center located along Southwest 27th Avenue and West Flagler Street in Miami.
Within two hours, the fire was extinguished, fire rescue said.
An early morning fire prompted an evacuation at a Leon Medical Centers building in Miami Friday. Miami Fire-Rescue
One patient and several staff members were evacuated from the building, WSVN reports.
The center is “grateful” that no one was injured, said a Leon Medical Center spokesperson.
“The building that suffered damage due to the recent small fire, offers limited services and is not in close proximity to the main medical center. ... All medical services provided in the Leon Medical Centers Little Havana location, continue as usual” and patient care has not been interrupted, a statement from Leon Medical Centers read.
The cause of the fire is still unknown.
This story was originally published July 17, 2020 at 2:41 PM.
Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow. Support my work with a digital subscription
