{"id":273514,"date":"2026-05-16T15:14:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T15:14:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/273514\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T15:14:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T15:14:30","slug":"house-fire-in-florida-displaces-family-of-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/273514\/","title":{"rendered":"House fire in Florida displaces family of 11"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Keith Burbank, Treasure Coast Newspapers<\/p>\n

Sat, May 16, 2026 at 2:35 PM UTC<\/p>\n

A family of 11, including six children, were displaced by a house fire May 15 in Port St. Lucie, according to the American Red Cross, which assisted the victims.<\/p>\n

Firefighters responded just after 7:15 a.m. May 15 to the blaze near Southwest Ray Avenue and Southwest Irving Street, officials with the St. Lucie County Fire District said.<\/p>\n

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A family of 11, including six children, were displaced by this house fire in Port St. Lucie, Florida, May 15, 2026, according to the American Red Cross.<\/p>\n

Crews arrived to find flames coming from a rear corner of the home and heavy smoke coming from the front, fire officials said. Initial reports indicated more than one room was on fire, according to fire officials.<\/p>\n

Firefighters began extinguishing the blaze while searching the structure and evacuating nearby homes as a precaution, fire officials said.<\/p>\n

No one reported being injured, fire officials said. The cause of the fire is under investigation, according to the fire district.<\/p>\n

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Keith Burbank is TCPalm’s watchdog reporter covering Martin County. He can be reached at keith.burbank@tcpalm.com and at 720-288-6882.<\/p>\n

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