Officials are investigating a fire at the Las Olas Chabad Jewish Center in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday.
Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue responded to a call about a vehicle fire at the center on Tarpon Drive and East Las Olas Boulevard a little after 7 a.m. Saturday, according to Battalion Chief Greg May.
By the time firefighters got there the fire had spread from the vehicle to the actual building, he said. They managed to put the fire out within 20 minutes. No one was inside the building and no one was injured.
Pictures shared by Fire Rescue show heavy smoke coming from the building and firefighters standing on the roof. May did not yet know the extent of the damage late Saturday morning.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation, he said. Calls to the Las Olas Chabad and Rabbi Chaim Slavaticki were not immediately returned Saturday morning.
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