Hollywood High-Rise Fire: Damage and Investigation After Blaze at Edgewater Beach Towers

Devastating Fire at Hollywood High-Rise

• 💔 A fire tore through a condo unit on the top floor of Edgewater Beach Towers on Surf Road in Hollywood Beach.
• 💥 Witnesses described the scene as an "all-out inferno" with flames engulfing the unit and debris falling from the building.
• 🏠 Condo unit owners returned to find their homes charred and destroyed, with one owner believing the fire started in his kitchen.

Witness Accounts and Evacuation Efforts

• 😨 Neighbors watched in fear as the fire spread, with some reporting seeing pieces of the building falling.
• 🚨 Firefighters from Hollywood, Davie, and the Broward Sheriff's Office worked to extinguish the blaze.
• 👵 Concerns were raised for the elderly residents in the building during the evacuation.

Investigation into the Cause

• 🔍 The State Fire Marshal's office is investigating the cause of the fire.
• 🩺 A Hollywood police officer and a firefighter were treated for smoke inhalation, along with an elderly woman from the building.
• ✅ Fortunately, most residents were able to evacuate safely, and there is no active fire at this time.