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One person found dead after early-morning apartment fire in Northwest Miami-Dade
An early-morning blaze in a Northwest Miami-Dade apartment building left one person dead and prompted an evacuation of residents. Deputies and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue units arrived just before 6:30 a.m. and found the building's third floor fully engulfed in flames and heavy smoke. Deputies evacuated residents on both the east and west sides while crews worked to extinguish the fire; firefighters later located an unidentified person deceased inside an apartment. The Miami-Dade County Homicide Bureau has assumed the investigation; the cause of the fire and the extent of displacement for residents are not yet known.
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