{"id":311521,"date":"2026-06-18T09:24:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/311521\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T09:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T09:24:25","slug":"brush-fire-briefly-slows-traffic-on-i-95-northbound-in-palm-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/311521\/","title":{"rendered":"Brush fire briefly slows traffic on I-95 northbound in Palm City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PALM CITY, Fla. (CBS12 ) \u2014 Martin County Fire Rescue crews extinguished a small brush fire Monday afternoon along Interstate 95 northbound in Palm City.<\/p>\n<p>According to Martin County Fire Rescue, dispatchers received calls just after noon reporting visible smoke and flames near the interstate. <\/p>\n<p>Firefighters responded quickly and knocked down the blaze before it could spread onto I-95.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said the fire burned about a quarter of an acre.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple agencies remained on scene Monday directing traffic while crews monitored the area for hot spots. Drivers were advised to expect delays in the area.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/arrest-made-in-riviera-beach-blaze-that-left-woman-with-burns-during-escape-intentional-fire-probable-cause-affidavit-desmond-dyke-domestic-violence-prior-relationship-surveillance-video-person-of-interest-palm-beach-county-jail-carport-fire-bur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Arrest made in Riviera Beach blaze that left woman with burns during escape<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The fire comes a day <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/30-acre-brush-fire-burns-in-palm-city-crews-working-to-contain-flames-palm-city-fire-palm-city-brush-fire-martin-county-fire-martin-county-brush-fire-wildfire-brush-fire-florida-wildfire-newfield-development-palm-city-wildfire-martin-county-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">after firefighters fought a 115-acre brush fire in Palm City.<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Sunday&#8217;s fire broke out near Newfield Boulevard and Southwest Citrus Boulevard and is now 100% contained. The Florida Forest Service said they were continuing to monitor the area overnight and into Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Officials with Martin County Fire Rescue say early reports indicate lightning sparked the blaze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PALM CITY, Fla. (CBS12 ) \u2014 Martin County Fire Rescue crews extinguished a small brush fire Monday afternoon&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311522,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-311521","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\/311521","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=311521"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311521\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}