Firefighters battle blaze at a nearly century-old apartment building in Little Havana

Omar Rodríguez Ortiz
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A major roadway reopened after a fire at a nearly century-old, three-story apartment building in Little Havana shut down several streets for hours on Thursday afternoon.

The blaze began around 1 p.m. at 536 SW Seventh Ave., a structure built in 1926, Lt. Pete Sanchez, a spokesman for the City of Miami Department of Fire-Rescue, told the Miami Herald.

Sanchez said no injuries were reported.

As a result, authorities closed several roadways near the blaze, including Seventh Street from Southwest Sixth Avenue to Southwest Seventh Avenue. It reopened around 6:30 p.m.

An abandoned apartment structure built in 1926 caught fire in Miami’s Little Havana on March 23, 2023.
An abandoned apartment structure built in 1926 caught fire in Miami’s Little Havana on March 23, 2023.

“Everything was boarded up and secured when we arrived,” Sanchez said. “It is said to be abandoned and we did not find anyone inside.”