{"id":230412,"date":"2026-04-13T23:03:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T23:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/230412\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T23:03:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T23:03:14","slug":"evacuations-underway-as-brush-fire-burns-along-i-75-in-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/230412\/","title":{"rendered":"Evacuations underway as brush fire burns along I-75 in South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"sub-text\">A video shared from New York shows thick black smoke filling the air over Sunrise Highway in Suffolk County as massive brush fires burn on Long Island on Saturday, March 8, 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">NAPLES, Flo. &#8211; People living in the area of a brush fire that broke out along Interstate 75 in South <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/category\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Florida<\/a> on Monday are being evacuated.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The Collier County Sheriff&#8217;s Office said some streets near the fire in the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/naples\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Naples<\/a> area are undergoing evacuations as a precaution. That includes sections of Stable Way, Union Drive, Barton Gliba Drive, Benfield Road, Beck Boulevard and Le Buff Road.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Newman Fire Perimeter Stats.png\"\/>Newman Drive Fire in Collier County, Florida.<br \/>(FOX Weather)<br \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The Florida Forestry Service and Greater Naples firefighters are working to contain the active brush fire off Newman Drive.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/extreme-weather\/nebraska-wildfires-state-emergency\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LARGEST WILDFIRE IN NEBRASKA HISTORY SCORCHES OVER 540,000 ACRES AS MULTIPLE OTHERS CONTINUE TO BURN<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Over 600 acres have already burned, and the fire is 10% contained, according to the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_5\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FFS_cafc\/status\/2043804623870304726\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Florida Forestry Service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/screenshot-2026-04-13-at-5.16.43-pm.png\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Brush fire burns near I-75 in Collier County, Florida, on April 13, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"> (FL DOT \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">The Collier County Sheriff&#8217;s Office Aviation Unit is helping to drop buckets of water over the fire.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/how-to-watch-fox-weather-on-tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">HOW TO WATCH FOX WEATHER<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Residents in the area are being advised to stay on high alert and be prepared in case evacuations expand.<\/p>\n<p> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/screenshot-2026-04-13-at-5.16.19-pm.png\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"title\">Brush fire burns near I-75 in Collier County, Florida, on April 13, 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\"> (FL DOT \/ FOX Weather)<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">National Weather Service Miami said the fire developed just south of Alligator Alley. They said gusty easterly winds may result in smoke moving over portions of metro Naples through the evening hours.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Florida Department of Transportation traffic cameras along I-75 showed smoke billowing from the fire. The Sunshine State is currently in a drought.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/florida-wildfire-historic-drought-rain-forecast-southeast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MASSIVE FLORIDA WILDFIRE SHUTS DOWN INTERSTATE 75 ALONG PART OF ALLIGATOR ALLEY AMID HISTORIC DROUGHT<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">A brush fire \u2014 coined the <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/weather-news\/florida-wildfire-historic-drought-rain-forecast-southeast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">National Fire<\/a> \u2014 broke out in the same area this February, burning over 25,000 acres in Big Cyprus National Forest near <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fxw_weather-news_article_main-content_article-body_2_9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxweather.com\/local-weather\/florida\/naples\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Naples<\/a>, according to the National Interagency Wildfire Enterprise.<\/p>\n<p data-v-438398f6=\"\">Stay with FOX Weather as this story continues developing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A video shared from New York shows thick black smoke filling the air over Sunrise Highway in Suffolk&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,105,504,82689,628,10782],"class_list":{"0":"post-230412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-florida-headlines","10":"tag-florida-news","11":"tag-outdoors","12":"tag-safety","13":"tag-stay22","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-wildfires"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230412","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=230412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/230412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=230412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=230412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=230412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}