{"id":314599,"date":"2026-06-21T04:22:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/314599\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T04:22:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T04:22:13","slug":"multiple-wildfires-in-west-miami-dade-burn-over-22k-acres-force-road-closures-as-crews-continue-battle-wsvn-7news-miami-news-weather-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/314599\/","title":{"rendered":"Multiple wildfires in West Miami-Dade burn over 22k acres, force road closures as crews continue battle &#8211; WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Plumes of smoke are seen over the Florida Turnpike as crews continue to battle three brush fires in West Miami-Dade.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said one of the fires has consumed nearly 19,000 acres with a 97% containment, while the other one has burned more than 2,000 acres with a 60% contaiment.<\/p>\n<p>The third fire is being referred to as the \u201ccorrection fire,\u201d and it has ignited more than 1,000 acres and is 0% contained. <\/p>\n<p>People who have been evacuated were allowed to return. <\/p>\n<p>The southbound lane closures on Florida\u2019s Turnpike from Okeechobee Road to Northwest 41st have reopened, and Krome Avenue remains closed from Okeechobee Road to Southwest 8th Street.<\/p>\n<p>Officials also closed the Tamiami Trail at Southwest 152nd Avenue due to heavy smoke in the area. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Sunbeam Television Corp. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p>\tJoin our Newsletter for the latest news right to your inbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) &#8211; Plumes of smoke are seen over the Florida Turnpike as crews continue to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":314432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-314599","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\/314599","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=314599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/314599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/314432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=314599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=314599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}