{"id":257103,"date":"2026-05-03T23:46:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T23:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/257103\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T23:46:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T23:46:21","slug":"car-bursts-into-flames-after-hitting-tree-in-fort-lauderdale-2-injured-fire-rescue-says-nbc-6-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/257103\/","title":{"rendered":"Car bursts into flames after hitting tree in Fort Lauderdale; 2 injured, fire rescue says \u2013 NBC 6 South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fort Lauderdale police are investigating a crash that left two people injured and a vehicle engulfed in flames Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was reported in the afternoon at East Broward Boulevard and Southeast 15th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Traffic crash at E Broward Blvd\/SE 15 Ave. Westbound lanes closed. Use alternate routes, E Sunrise Blvd or E Las Olas Blvd. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vuIqcsIyhV\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/vuIqcsIyhV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fort Lauderdale Police (@ftlauderdalepd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ftlauderdalepd\/status\/2051078970288808132?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue said the vehicle struck a tree and caught fire.<\/p>\n<p>Video shows the car fully engulfed as neighbors, fire rescue, and police units looked on.<\/p>\n<p>Fire Rescue crews extinguished the flames, but the vehicle was destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Two men were taken to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The cause of the crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"11258713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fort-lauderdale-car-fire-fire-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11258713\"\/>Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"11258712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fort-lauderdale-car-fire-fire-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11258712\"\/>Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned to NBC6 for updates on this story.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fort Lauderdale police are investigating a crash that left two people injured and a vehicle engulfed in flames&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-257103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257103","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=257103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}