{"id":252361,"date":"2026-04-30T12:05:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:05:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/252361\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:05:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:05:12","slug":"brush-fire-erupts-in-stuart-community-downed-power-line-blamed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/252361\/","title":{"rendered":"Brush fire erupts in Stuart community, downed power line blamed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STUART, Fla. (CBS12)  \u2014 A brush fire has ignited within Foxwoods Estates, prompting a response from Fire Rescue and sheriff&#8217;s deputies as they work to contain the blaze, believed to be sparked by a downed power line.<\/p>\n<p>The Martin County Sheriff&#8217;s Office reported a brush fire occurring inside Foxwoods Estates, which is located off Pratt Whitney Road near SW Meadowlark Circle at 7:02 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities confirmed that both Martin County Fire Rescue teams and sheriff&#8217;s deputies are on the scene managing the blaze. <\/p>\n<p>Officials said as of now, no homes have been evacuated, although officials are closely monitoring the fire&#8217;s progress.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/shooting-on-south-us-1-near-gold-shop-and-mercedes-benz-dealership-leaves-1-dead-tuesday-night-shooting-gunshot-victim-active-investigation-no-suspect-identified-st-lucie-county-crime-fatal-shooting-police-response-cash-out-gold-and-silver-merce\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fort Pierce police arrest 20-year-old in fatal shooting at gold shop, 2nd suspect sought<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Sheriff&#8217;s Office reported that preliminary investigations suggest that the fire was ignited by a downed power line. <\/p>\n<p>Residents have been advised to remain alert and follow any updates from local authorities as they work to contain the situation.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for further developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A brush fire has ignited within Foxwoods Estates, prompting a response from Fire Rescue&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":252362,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-252361","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\/252361","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=252361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252361\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}