The Cuban singer Maria Antonieta Fernandezwho was among people displaced by a raging building fire that occurred this Monday morning in Miami, he says he lost everything in the accident.
“I am really very nervous, super worried”he said in interview with journalist Ninoska Pérez for the radio station The New Powerfulwhen the building was still being consumed by flames.
The artist was forced to leave her home in her pajamas and was unable to save anything, not even the computer where she kept all her artistic material and recordings.
She said that she was in the bathroom when it all started, and that the smoke entered her apartment very quickly because the fire broke out very close to her home.
He said he thanks God and the quick action of the emergency services that prevented fatalities.
“The firefighters knocked on the doors checking and took care of evacuating those who could not get out by their own means.”he detailed.
Despite the tragedy, Marie Antoinette said that she has received great support from friends and family.
“I have many friends who have offered to help me with clothes and shoes, and I am infinitely grateful.”he expressed.
Even without a fixed place to stay, he trusts in the solidarity of the community.
María Antonieta explained that she had planned a performance at the Alfaros nightclub for this Friday night, which she plans to keep, despite the incident that has turned her life upside down.
“I have work on Friday in Alfaros and I don’t plan to leave the public waiting”he stated, adding that with the help of his musical director and his producer he is preparing for his artistic presentation.
“I am The Lioness of Cuba and I will continue to be The Lioness until God calls me to his homeland.”concluded the artist, who has resided in Miami since 2012.
Marie Antoinette – who recently celebrated his 50 years of artistic life with a show at the Alfaros club in Little Havana – he even broadcast live the moment when firefighters and emergency services began to arrive in the area.
In a publication on his networks, he regretted not having heard from his cat since the fire.
Calls reporting a fire broke out in the apartments of Temple Courtnear downtown Miami, generated a rapid response from the Miami Fire Department around 8:15 am on June 10.
Upon arriving at the scene, the firefighters managed to safely rescue the residents who were stranded on the balconies of the building.
Francis Suárez worked together with the Red Cross to quickly help displaced people at the “José Martí” gym by offering them hot food, medication and organizing temporary shelter options for those who could not stay with family or friends.
Manolo Reyes, city commissioner, explained that they will give a $250 gift card for food and essential toiletries to each person who enters the shelters.
Residents affected by the fire, many elderly, will receive assistance for their urgent needs.
The person found wounded by a gunshot at the entrance of the property was identified as a worker from Atlantic Housing Management, the company that manages the apartments. The victim was taken to a nearby hospital, where she remains in critical condition, she said Monday. Local 10.
In the last few hours, the identity of the man who allegedly shot the building manager and caused an intentional fire in the building was revealed. a 73-year-old man identified as Juan Francisco Figueroawho has a criminal record.
The man now faces charges of attempted murder with a firearm, felony and arson, according to jail records.
The fire, which lasted at least five hours, caused the partial collapse of the roof of the western sector of the building, defying even the persistent downpour that fell during the emergency.
