{"id":250946,"date":"2026-04-29T11:36:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:36:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/250946\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T11:36:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T11:36:11","slug":"highway-41-fire-today-updates-from-tamiami-trail-in-miami-dade-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/250946\/","title":{"rendered":"Highway 41 fire today updates from Tamiami Trail in Miami-Dade \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A wildfire is still burning in the Everglades Wednesday as firefighters work to control the flames threatening structures in western Miami-Dade.<\/p>\n<p>The Highway 41 fire, named for its proximity to U.S. 41, has grown to 5,000 acres and was 0% contained as of Tuesday night, according to the U.S. Forest Service. It broke out at around 5 p.m. Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Eight structures were threatened by the fire, but no evacuation orders were issued and no injuries have been reported, officials said. <\/p>\n<p>The fire is burning further from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/wildfire-burns-hundreds-of-acres-south-of-tamiami-trail-in-miami-dade\/3801946\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Tamiami Trail than it was Tuesday,<\/a> but drivers headed west from Miami will be able to see flames west of the Miccosukee Resort and Casino and Krome Avenue. The roadway remains open. <\/p>\n<p>Fire response<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. Forest Service reports that 48 personnel have been assigned to the blaze, along with five fire engines, four helicopters, and two fixed-wing aircraft. Officials said Tuesday that at least one USDA Forest Service engine from Arkansas supported the initial suppression efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Crews were seen fighting the fire by air, making multiple runs to dump water onto the flames.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighting efforts have cost approximately $750,000 so far. <\/p>\n<p>The cause of the blaze remains undetermined.<\/p>\n<p>Will I see smoke from the Highway 41 fire?<\/p>\n<p>Northeast winds are keeping the smoke away from highly populated areas\u2014for now. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;However, winds are changing here over the next day to two, and that could move the smoke around,&#8221; NBC6 meteorologist Adam Berg said. <\/p>\n<p>By Thursday morning, more smoke may be blown east. <\/p>\n<p>The National Weather Service advises residents to: <\/p>\n<p>exercise caution while driving if smoke reduces visibility<\/p>\n<p>monitor local air quality<\/p>\n<p>if sensitive to particle pollution, reduce time outdoors <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A wildfire is still burning in the Everglades Wednesday as firefighters work to control the flames threatening structures&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":250947,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[624,123,125,124,1064,10782],"class_list":["post-250946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-fires","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-miami-dade","tag-wildfires"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250946","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=250946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/250946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/250947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=250946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=250946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}