Fire rips through Miami Gardens home, owner thinks it was intentionally set
MIAMI -The owner of a Miami Gardens home that went up in flames overnight thinks she knows who set it ablaze.
According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, when crews arrived at the single-family home at 2442 NW 170th Street just after 12:30 a.m. they found it engulfed in flames.
Firefighters searched the home but found no one inside.
The owner of the home, Queen McCoy, said her grandmother left it to her when she died two years ago. She said rented out to tenants who lived there for about a year.
McCoy said she was upset and frustrated as she grew up in this home and that someone did this on purpose.
"I saw a person riding off, so I'm frustrated about that. I think they had a problem, maybe drugs associated with it. Yeah, I definitely know who did it. It could have been retaliation, I don't think they lived here, they might have, but I have an idea of exactly where the people are who did it," said Queen McCoy.
Surveillance video from the neighborhood shows a person running down the driveway of the house, jumping on a bike, and pedaling off. Moments later a fire erupts in the house.
Firefighters were able to quickly bring it under control and extinguished it. No injuries were reported.
The fire destroyed the front portion of the home along with a window and some of the siding.
"It's frustrating. I really wanted to cry, but like you know, I can't control this so I try not to stress about things I can't control. I'm just going to try and move forward," said McCoy.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.