Preliminary reports indicate that the incident took place in a boiler room, and the explosion may have been caused by a gas leak. Two firefighters also were hurt.
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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue is on the scene.
There was reportedly an explosion Friday at the newly built Chateau Beach Residences condo tower in Sunny Isles Beach.
7 show a blown out wall at the top of the building that is believed to have sent chunks and debris to the ground below.
More than a dozen fire trucks were still outside the building Friday afternoon, and a portion of Collins Avenue was closed to traffic. “We are on scene with Ocean Rescue, assisting them as they need us”, said Sunny Isles Beach Sgt. Brian Schnell in a news statement today.
Officials said that the building where the explosion took place was under construction at the time; the only people who would have been inside the building were construction workers.
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This story has been corrected to show that the public information officer’s name is Nuria Serrano, not Muria.
