{"id":283128,"date":"2026-05-24T23:17:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/283128\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T23:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:17:06","slug":"mdfr-and-florida-forestry-battle-brush-fire-in-miami-dade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/283128\/","title":{"rendered":"MDFR and Florida Forestry battle brush fire in Miami-Dade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/HJHerJAW0AAxqhv.jpg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A two-alarm grass fire broke out Sunday, May 24, 2026, in southwest Miami-Dade, causing smoke warnings and road closures, authorities said.\" alt=\"A two-alarm grass fire broke out Sunday, May 24, 2026, in southwest Miami-Dade, causing smoke warnings and road closures, authorities said.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A two-alarm grass fire broke out Sunday, May 24, 2026, in southwest Miami-Dade, causing smoke warnings and road closures, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>            Miami-Dade Fire Rescue<\/p>\n<p>A  grass fire broke out Sunday afternoon near Miami Executive Airport, causing smoke warnings and road closures in southwest Miami-Dade, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Miami-Dade Fire Rescue responded alongside Florida Forest Service to a one-alarm fire near Southwest 120th Street and Southwest 137th Avenue, a Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesperson said. Over 10 units, including engines, water tender and ladder trucks, were working  around 2:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The call was upgraded to a two-alarm fire because of a need for additional manpower.<\/p>\n<p>No injuries have been reported, the spokesperson said. Crews were still working to put out the flames and protect the surrounding areas as of 5:35 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople near the area may see or smell smoke,\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MiamiDadeFire\/status\/2058636006505542064\">MDFR said in a statement posted on X.<\/a> \u201cAvoid the area while crews continue working to put out the fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office also encouraged people to use alternate routes after deputies implemented road closures, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/miamidade_so\/status\/2058663302503293051?s=12\">according to a statement posted to X.<\/a> There were closures as of 5:35 p.m. from Southwest 112th Street to 120th Street and between Southwest 137th Avenue and 142nd Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>A Miami-Dade Fire Rescue spokesperson didn\u2019t respond to questions about how many acres were on fire, what caused it or containment status.<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/313699071\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1779664626_694_Headshots AGS 036 .jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Sofia Saric\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A two-alarm grass fire broke out Sunday, May 24, 2026, in southwest Miami-Dade, causing smoke warnings and road&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-283128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283128","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=283128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}