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    1. Operations & Training

    Video: Dozens of Miami-Dade FFs Tackle Junkyard Blaze

    July 10, 2020
    Miami-Dade Fire Rescue had 19 units responding to a fire that erupted at a junkyard, sending plumes of thick, black smoke into the air and charring at least 20 cars.

    By Carli Teproff

    Source Miami Herald

    Miami-Dade Fire Rescue
    Dozens of Miami-Dade firefighters battled a junkyard blaze that charred at least 20 cars Friday.
    Dozens of Miami-Dade firefighters battled a junkyard blaze that charred at least 20 cars Friday.

    A fire ripped through a Northwest Miami-Dade junkyard Friday morning, charring at least 20 cars, according to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue.

    It took 19 units to quell the flames that sparked just after 9:30 a.m. in the area of Northwest 139th Street and 22nd Avenue.

    “The units worked diligently to put out the fire and several units remain on scene putting out hot spots,” the department said.

    Video from the fire shows thick plumes of smoke rising from the blaze.

    No injuries reported.

    It was not immediately clear what started the blaze.

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