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A man was rushed to the hospital after firefighters rescued him from a northwest Miami-Dade home that went up in flames early Thursday, officials said.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue officials said crews responded to the home near the 3500 block of Northwest 101st Street around 5:45 a.m. and found heavy smoke.
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A Ring camera from across the street captured the sound of screams as the smoke was seen pouring from the home.
Peyton Hernandez, who lives in the home, said her dad woke up when he smelled smoke. They grabbed a hose to attack the flames but the smoke was overwhelming.
"I couldn’t like breathe, I couldn’t see my eyes was burning," Hernandez said.
Her grandfather also tried to help but things took a turn.
"I feel like my granddad was in there too long and then he screamed and then that’s when the firefighters came," Hernandez said.
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Crews began extinguishing the flames as they entered the home to search for anyone who may still be inside.
Firefighters found the grandfather in the home, who was rescued and taken to a nearby trauma facility.
He's expected to survive, with burns to his arms and forehead.
But the family's home sustained major damage.
"It's a lot. This is my grandmother’s house, this is all we have left of her forreal, so it’s a lot. it’s a lot," Hernandez said.
The fire was extinguished, and the cause remains under investigation.
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A man who authorities said carjacked a woman while escaping from Palmetto Hospital in Hialeah was taken into custody after a police chase that ended in a crash Thursday, officials said.
Aerial footage from Chopper 6 showed authorities pursuing a black Nissan Sentra on roadways throughout northwest Miami-Dade Thursday afternoon.
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Officers, Miami-Dade Sheriff's deputies and Florida Highway Patrol troopers pursued the car as multiple attempts to stop it with PIT maneuvers caused damage.
"Somebody could’ve really been hurt, he was going on the opposite side of traffic too, head on," witness Nicole Rodriguez said.
The Sentra kept going until an FHP trooper was able to send it spinning and crashing, and the suspect was taken into custody at Northwest 17th Avenue and 79th Street.
"It’s crazy because I seen a lot and they were like, they had been pursuing him, they had hit his car too and he kept going," witness Ashley Bueso said.
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Officials haven't released the suspect's name but confirmed the driver was the man who had escaped from the hospital hours earlier.
He had been brought to the hospital on West 68th Street by the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office under a Baker Act order but fled shortly after arriving, Hialeah Police officials said.
While in the parking lot, the suspect approached a woman who was getting out of her vehicle and forced himself inside, police said.
As he fled in the vehicle, he struck another vehicle, police said.
Aerial footage from Chopper 6 showed paramedics checking out the woman at the scene as authorities had a section of the parking lot closed off.
No injuries were reported and the incident remains under investigation, police said.
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