{"id":294614,"date":"2026-06-03T17:05:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/294614\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:05:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:05:08","slug":"firefighters-knock-down-stuart-house-fire-possibly-caused-by-lightning-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/294614\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters knock down Stuart house fire possibly caused by lightning strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STUART, Fla. (CBS12)   \u2014 All occupants of a Stuart home are safe after a house fire on Wednesday morning, according to Martin County Fire Rescue.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters responded to a home on Southeast St. Lucie Boulevard, where officials said the fire started on the second floor.<\/p>\n<p>According to Martin County Fire Rescue, the flames burned about two bedrooms before firefighters were able to quickly stop the fire from spreading to the rest of the house.<\/p>\n<p>Stuart Fire Rescue and the Martin County Sheriff\u2019s Office also responded to the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Initial reports indicate the fire may have been caused by a possible lightning strike. The State Fire Marshal will conduct a further investigation.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/florida-news-driver-charged-she-entered-shes-dead-bodycam-released-in-deadly-florida-toll-booth-crash-at-beach-daytona-beach-shores-south-florida-news-volusia-county-sheriffs-office-mike-chitwood-family-reacts-peninsula-drive-tammie-jo-baker-employee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">&#8216;She entered, she&#8217;s dead&#8217;: Bodycam released in deadly Florida toll booth crash at beach<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Roads in the area were expected to remain closed while crews checked for hot spots and worked to make sure the fire did not reignite.<\/p>\n<p>Drivers were asked to seek alternate routes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STUART, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 All occupants of a Stuart home are safe after a house fire on Wednesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294615,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-294614","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\/294614","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=294614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294615"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}