Homestead - South Dade

One hospitalized in Leisure City house fire, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue says

One person was taken to the hospital following a house fire in the Leisure City area of southwest Miami-Dade County Monday, Nov. 13, 2023.
One person was taken to the hospital following a house fire in the Leisure City area of southwest Miami-Dade County Monday, Nov. 13, 2023.

Miami-Dade County firefighters took one person to the hospital to be treated for injuries sustained in a house fire Monday afternoon.

The blaze happened around 4:30 p.m. at a home at 28148 Southwest 142nd Court in the Leisure City area in southwest Dade, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue dispatch.

Details of the fire, including how many people were inside the home, were not immediately available, but dispatch personnel said paramedics took one person to a local trauma center.

This report will be updated as more information becomes available.

David Goodhue
Miami Herald
David Goodhue covers the Florida Keys and South Florida for FLKeysNews.com and the Miami Herald. Before joining the Herald, he covered Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Energy in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware. 
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