Miami-Dade Fire Rescue families grieve 2 dead: A ‘young hero,’ and a lieutenant

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – Miami-Dade Fire Rescue was in mourning while two families were grieving tragedies.

Francisco Camero, a Miami-Dade firefighter and instructor, was grieving the death of his son, Fabian Camero, whose service was held on Saturday at the Christ Fellowship Church in Palmetto Bay.

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Miami-Dade Lt. Alexander E. Acosta’s family was also grieving. Valeria Corrales set up a GoFundMe fundraiser on Friday after Acosta died. She described him as a devoted professional who trained new firefighters and medics.

“His unwavering dedication to the community, the countless lives he saved, and the love he gave to his family and friends will never be forgotten,” Corrales wrote in the fundraiser’s statement adding it will benefit his wife Carolyn Acosta and teenage son Alex Acosta Jr.

Both Acosta and Camero had marked birthdays in May. Acosta was 49. Camero was 28.

Camero had worked as an emergency medical technician for American Medical Response, a private ambulance company. He died on June 22 after he was injured during a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue training at an empty building in Virginia Gardens.

The invitation to the religious service described Camero as “a young hero gone too soon.” A GoFundMe fundraiser to benefit his father described him as “a pillar of strength and resilience, tirelessly putting his life on the line to help others.”

Neither the department nor the Acosta and Camero families disclosed the specific causes of death.

Local 10 News Assignment Desk Editor Joyce Grace Ortega contributed to this report.

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