{"id":284303,"date":"2026-05-26T02:05:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T02:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284303\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T02:05:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T02:05:09","slug":"miami-dade-crews-battle-five-alarm-junkyard-fire-in-opa-locka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284303\/","title":{"rendered":"Miami-Dade crews battle five-alarm junkyard fire in Opa-locka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/junkyard fire.jpeg\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"674\" title=\"A junkyard fire in the Opa-locka area had Miami-Dade Fire Rescue warning residents of smoke in the area and asking people to steer clear of the scene.\" alt=\"A junkyard fire in the Opa-locka area had Miami-Dade Fire Rescue warning residents of smoke in the area and asking people to steer clear of the scene.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>        A junkyard fire in the Opa-locka area had Miami-Dade Fire Rescue warning residents of smoke in the area and asking people to steer clear of the scene.<\/p>\n<p>A junkyard fire sent fire crews racing to the Opa-locka area as they tried to extinguish the five-alarm blaze Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Miami-Dade Fire Rescue <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MiamiDadeFire\/status\/2059039094647271774\">warned the public<\/a> to steer clear of the area around the fire, which was underway after 6 p.m. at the 13100 block of Cairo Lane.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose in the area may see or smell smoke as firefighters continue working to extinguish the fire,\u201d the agency said in a statement. \u201cWe ask the public to avoid the area so first responders can work safely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That area off of Northwest 135th Street in Opa-locka has multiple junkyards. Footage <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcmiami.com\/news\/local\/crews-battle-large-junkyard-fire-in-opa-locka\/3813210\/\">from NBC 6<\/a> showed large plumes of black smoke towering over the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A junkyard fire in the Opa-locka area had Miami-Dade Fire Rescue warning residents of smoke in the area&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284304,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-284303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284303","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=284303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}