A Miami firefighter was searching for trapped people. Then the home partially collapsed
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A firefighter was taken to the hospital after he was injured when a home partially collapsed.
Miami Fire Rescue says it went to the residential fire at 278 NE 55th St. just after 5 a.m. Monday. Crews were met with heavy smoke and flames coming out of the two-story house.
As some firefighters attacked the blaze, others conducted a sweep of the home to make sure there was no one trapped inside. One of the firefighters working on the second floor fell to the first floor due to a partial collapse.
He was taken to the Ryder Trauma Center where he’s being treated for first-degree burns to his face and possibly second- or third-degree burns to his arm.
Firefighters determined that there was no one inside the home and continued their attack from outside the home.
This report is from Miami Herald news partner CBS Miami.