Crews contain apartment fire in Fort Lauderdale; 1 cat rescued, no injuries reported

VIDEO: Fire crews are investigating a large blaze that broke out on the fifth floor of a multi-story apartment building in Fort Lauderdale. Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue units received a call regarding a fire at 3:15 a.m. on Thursday at the Marina Bay Resort right off of State Road 84, just west of I-95. First responders managed to pull the resident of the unit, as well as a cat, to safety. Crews contained the flames in roughly 20 minutes; however, several people living in the complex are waking up without a home. The Red Cross has responded and is assisting. โ€œFiremen were coming down screaming, โ€˜Get out, get outโ€™,โ€ said a resident. โ€œAll this water started coming down through our whole walkway, down our walls, and we came out here, and that apartment right there at the end was engulfed in flames.โ€

WSVN-TV FOX 7 Miami

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