{"id":184880,"date":"2026-03-09T23:23:05","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T23:23:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/184880\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T23:23:05","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T23:23:05","slug":"loud-pop-before-stuart-home-erupts-in-flames-bystanders-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/184880\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Loud pop&#8217; before Stuart home erupts in flames, bystanders say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A dramatic structure fire consumed a single-family home in Stuart on Sunday afternoon, just moments after bystanders heard a &#8220;loud pop.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/topic\/Martin%20County%20Fire%20Rescue%20(MCFR)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Martin County Fire Rescue<\/a> said that crews responded to the structure fire on Sunday in the 1800 block of SW Kanner Hwy after 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Upon arriving at the scene, firefighters reported finding a single-family wood-frame home with a metal roof engulfed in significant flames. <\/p>\n<p>Witnesses on scene reported that they heard a &#8220;loud pop&#8221; just before the fire began.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/man-in-wheelchair-falls-into-the-water-martin-county-sheriffs-office-wheelchair-rescue-sea-tow-captain-deputies-rescue-dock-collapse-boat-ramp-accident-water-rescue-wheelchair-bound-man-bystander-hero-marine-unit-deputy-mark-appler-deputy-sam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Wheelchair-bound man rescued after dock ramp collapses at Mariner Cay marina<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fire was mainly concentrated at the rear of the home near the weatherhead. Officials said that firefighters were able to achieve a quick knockdown of the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>Martin County Fire Rescue said that no injuries have been reported, and a state investigator is now looking into the cause of the fire to determine exactly what happened. <\/p>\n<p>Additionally, officials reported that a boat on the property sustained some exposure to the flames.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MARTIN COUNTY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A dramatic structure fire consumed a single-family home in Stuart on Sunday afternoon,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":184881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-184880","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\/184880","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=184880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}