2 homes in Fort Lauderdale badly damaged by fire

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Fort Lauderdale homes severely damaged by fire. (Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue)

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Thick acheronian fume was billowing from a location successful Fort Lauderdale connected Thursday.

It was located on the 3100 artifact of Northwest 69th Court.

“I was sleeping and my grandma was awake with my gramps and they were screaming astir a fire,” said nonmigratory William Marley.

It was that screaming that imaginable saved Marley’s beingness arsenic helium woke up to an inferno.

“I don’t adjacent cognize however to picture it,” helium said. “Just monolithic fire, you could consciousness the vigor coming disconnected of it.”

He said the occurrence appears to person started connected an awning retired back.

Crews with Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue were capable to get the blaze nether power and retired wrong 30 minutes.

“There were really 2 homes connected fire,” said Frank Guzman with Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue. ”The occurrence has started successful the rear of 1 and dispersed to the neighboring house.”

Video obtained by Local 10 News shows the way of destruction, with fume inactive rising from the charred wood and the crushed covered successful soot.

“When we arrived connected scene, determination were tons of complications,” said Guzman. “Propane tanks that were burning, enactment exploding.”

Between the 2 homes, eleven radical are impacted by the fire.

At slightest 1 of the homes was gutted, with extended harm to both, wrong and out.

Thankfully, nary injuries were reported, and household pets were besides harmless and sound.

Officials said the origin of the occurrence remains nether investigation.