{"id":788791,"date":"2026-07-08T18:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/788791\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T18:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T18:41:08","slug":"hwy-400-grass-fire-backs-up-northbound-lanes-near-steeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/788791\/","title":{"rendered":"Hwy. 400 grass fire backs up northbound lanes near Steeles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cars can been seen moving slowing on NB Highway 400 as a grass fire has cause smoke to cover the highway. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">A grass fire in the northbound lanes of Highway 400 is causing \u201cmajor problems\u201d for drivers in north of Toronto this afternoon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The fire broke out along the highway near Steeles Avenue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe are dealing with some major, major problems impacting the drive on the northbound lanes of the 400,\u201d CP24 Traffic Specialist Adwoa Nsiah-Yeboah said on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cWe are dealing with a grass fire. It is completely in flames and there is black smoke everywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">She said the smoke has reduced visibility for drivers in both directions and two northbound lanes are blocked, along with the exit ramp to Steeles Avenue. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Fire crews are now on scene and motorists are advised to avoid the area. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cars can been seen moving slowing on NB Highway 400 as a grass fire has cause smoke to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":788792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194291],"tags":[712,49,48,3302],"class_list":["post-788791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-toronto","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-toronto"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=788791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/788791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=788791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=788791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=788791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}