{"id":313723,"date":"2026-06-20T01:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T01:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/313723\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T01:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T01:12:09","slug":"lightning-sparked-brush-fire-burns-15-acres-in-palm-city-now-fully-contained-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/313723\/","title":{"rendered":"Lightning-sparked brush fire burns 15 acres in Palm City, now fully contained"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PALM CITY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A fast-moving brush fire sparked by a suspected lightning strike scorched 15 acres in Palm City on Friday, sending firefighters racing to contain the flames.<\/p>\n<p>The fire started shortly after 4 p.m. near Southwest Martin Highway and Southwest 78th Avenue in an area of dense vegetation, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/search?find=Martin%20County%20Fire%20Rescue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Martin County Fire Rescue<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>MCFR crews responded alongside the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/search?find=Florida+Forest+Service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Florida Forest Service<\/a> and quickly established plow lines around the fire to prevent it from spreading.<\/p>\n<p>See also: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/local\/paint-splattered-suspect-arrested-in-string-of-church-and-museum-defacements-gifford-museum-indian-river-county-arrest-vandalism-spree-houses-of-worship-criminal-mischief-petit-theft-burglary-unoccupied-structure-45th-street-church-paint-damage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Paint-splattered suspect arrested in string of church and museum defacements<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Officials said the blaze burned approximately 15 acres before crews brought it under control. No injuries were reported, and no homes or other structures were threatened by the fire.<\/p>\n<p>The fire is now fully contained, according to Martin County Fire Rescue.<\/p>\n<p>The Florida Forest Service will continue monitoring the area in case of any flare-ups or reignition.<\/p>\n<p>Preliminary reports indicate lightning may have sparked the fire. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PALM CITY, Fla. (CBS12) \u2014 A fast-moving brush fire sparked by a suspected lightning strike scorched 15 acres&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[171,173,172],"class_list":["post-313723","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\/313723","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=313723"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313723\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}