In today’s Quickcast:
A three-alarm fire on Monday tore through a Miami apartment complex where there was also a shooting investigation.
Miami police said they were called to the Temple Court Apartments complex at 431 NW 3rd Street and found a man on the third floor who had been shot. He was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital in critical condition.
According to Miami Mayor Francis Suarez calls about the fire came in around 8:15 a.m.
"We got several calls referencing a fire at this location. We arrived on the scene, we found that one person had been shot. That person was transported to JMH (Jackson Memorial Hospital). At the same time, our firefighters responded to this fire and saw that this fire was escalating in intensity," said Suarez.
The mayor said this was the first "Three-alarm fire in 25 years." A three-alarm fire means that three separate fire stations responded to the blaze.
In addition to the person who was shot, 4 others required medical assistance. A Miami Fire Rescue official said three firefighters required hospitalization and one resident had to be treated for smoke inhalation.
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