{"id":172108,"date":"2026-02-27T22:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172108\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T22:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:42:11","slug":"st-lucie-co-declares-emergency-as-fire-agencies-on-treasure-coast-battle-2-brush-fires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/172108\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Lucie Co. declares emergency, as fire agencies on Treasure Coast battle 2 brush fires"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 As brush fires blaze<\/a> in two Treasure Coast counties on Wednesday, St. Lucie County has declared a local state of emergency.<\/p>\n

The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office<\/a> says, in conjunction with the St. Lucie County Fire District, it has issued a local state of emergency and a county-wide burn ban due to extremely dry conditions in the area. The burn ban will apply to all non-permitted outside burning. The sheriff’s office says agricultural burning will be permitted on a case-by-case basis as authorized by the Florida Forest Service<\/a>. <\/p>\n

See also: 25,000 acre wildfire continues to burn in Florida Everglades at Alligator Alley<\/a><\/p>\n

The local state emergency comes as a 15 to 20 acre brush fire currently rages in St. Lucie County near Indian River Estates. According to a spokesperson with SLCFD, the call came in about the fire at 1:19 p.m. SLFD says the fire should be contained soon.<\/p>\n

As of this writing, the fire is about 50% contained.<\/p>\n

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The St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office says, in conjunction with the St. Lucie County Fire District, it has issued a local state of emergency and a county-wide burn ban due to extremely dry conditions in the area. The burn ban will apply to all non-permitted outside burning. The sheriff’s office says agricultural burning will be permitted on a case-by-case basis as authorized by the Florida Forest Service. (WPEC){ }<\/p>\n

The Florida Forest Service, St. Lucie County Emergency Response Division, and Department of Environmental Protection are still on site, the St. Lucie County Fire District says. <\/p>\n

A cause has not been determined yet, SLCFD says. <\/p>\n

The sheriff’s office says under a local state of emergency, the following activities should be limited: <\/p>\n

BonfiresCampfiresWarming firesOutdoor fireplacesFireworksCooking fires, unless they are exclusively within a contained gas or charcoal grill <\/p>\n

Drivers in the area should use extreme caution and avoid leaving vehicles running or driving over dry, grassy areas.<\/p>\n

Brush fire blazes in Martin County <\/p>\n

Firefighters with Martin County Fire Rescue <\/a>and the Florida Forest Service are currently battling a 30 to 35-acre blaze near 4018 SW Foz Brown Road in Indiantown. Most of which is contained, fire rescue says. <\/p>\n

MCFR says crews and FFS tractor units are on the scene working to establish and enforce containment lines. <\/p>\n

\"Firefighters<\/p>\n

Firefighters with Martin County Fire Rescue and the Florida Forest Service are currently battling a 25 to 35-acre blaze near 4018 SW Foz Brown Road in Indiantown. (WPEC){ }<\/p>\n

The fire department says that although no structures are currently threatened and no evacuations have been ordered, residents are asked to expect smoke in the area. <\/p>\n

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Motorists on SW Fox Brown Road are also advised to use extreme caution due to visibility issues and the presence of heavy equipment. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT PIERCE, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 As brush fires blaze in two Treasure Coast counties on Wednesday, St. Lucie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":172109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-172108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie","tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","tag-port-st-lucie-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/172109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}