{"id":310621,"date":"2026-06-17T16:52:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/310621\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T16:52:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:52:10","slug":"2-wildfires-burn-8000-acres-in-western-miami-dade-pollute-air-quality-in-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/310621\/","title":{"rendered":"2 wildfires burn 8,000 acres in western Miami-Dade, pollute air quality in South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0June 17, 2026 at 12:35 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Updated:\u00a0June 17, 2026 at 12:51 PM<\/p>\n<p>Fire rescue on air quality: Limit time outdoors, keep doors and windows closed, recirculate AC <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 Two active wildfires had burned 8,000 acres on Wednesday in western Miami-Dade County, <a href=\"https:\/\/ffs.firesponse.com\/public\/summary\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/ffs.firesponse.com\/public\/summary\">according<\/a> to the Florida Fire Service. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The larger wildfire, which started on Monday, was 30% contained and had burned 7,500 acres. The smaller wildfire, which started on Tuesday, was 25% contained and had burned 500 acres.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Miami-Dade Fire Rescue deployed about seven units to the area of Northwest 137 Avenue and 25 Street, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamidade.gov\/firecalls\/calls.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.miamidade.gov\/firecalls\/calls.html\">according<\/a> to the active dispatch calls log. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"c-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fire.airnow.gov\/#10.02\/25.8507\/-80.3772\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/D6H2UBXTGRFVJN4JQVLW7UIEJI.jpg\"  width=\"800\" height=\"543\"\/><\/a>Wildfire in Dade | U.S. EPA <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Drivers reported the smoke affected visibility early on Wednesday morning along the Florida Turnpike near Hialeah. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The pollution affected air quality in South Florida, so outdoor activities were discouraged, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airnow.gov\/?reportingArea=Miami&amp;stateCode=FL\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.airnow.gov\/?reportingArea=Miami&amp;stateCode=FL\">according<\/a> to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">MDFR personnel warned that the smoke will lift as temperatures rise and suggested residents \u201climit time outdoors, keep doors and windows closed, and set air conditioning systems to recirculate indoor air.<\/p>\n<p>Wildfire smoke affects South Florida  <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Related social media post<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FLForestService?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@FLForestService<\/a> continue battling two grass fires in West Miami-Dade near NW 137 Avenue and NW 41 Street, and NW 122 Avenue and NW 58 Street. <\/p>\n<p>As temperatures rise throughout the day, smoke is expected to lift, but those in nearby communities may\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IjBkv9NYdu\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/IjBkv9NYdu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Miami-Dade Fire Rescue (@MiamiDadeFire) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MiamiDadeFire\/status\/2067234836595581094?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 17, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Jolena Esperto\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/4c492fdc-471c-4ae6-a004-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Jolena Esperto<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Jolena Esperto joined the Local 10 News team in July of 2025.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Brandon Orr\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/3a1748c1-7381-491f-b829-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Brandon Orr<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Brandon Orr joined the Local 10 News team in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Andrea Torres\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/83a8effa-fc87-4940-96.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Andrea Torres<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0June 17, 2026 at 12:35 PM Updated:\u00a0June 17, 2026 at 12:51 PM Fire rescue on air quality: Limit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-310621","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\/310621","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=310621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}