{"id":353309,"date":"2026-07-27T03:28:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T03:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/353309\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T03:28:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T03:28:16","slug":"wildfire-forces-highway-closure-near-i-75-in-south-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/353309\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfire forces highway closure near I-75 in South Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A wildfire ignited by lightning has scorched approximately 225 acres along US 27 near I-75, forcing the closure of all lanes, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ffs.firesponse.com\/public\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Florida Forest Service.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The blaze, which erupted earlier today, sent thick smoke billowing across the highway and prompted a rapid response from emergency crews.<\/p>\n<p>As of this evening, officials report the fire is 60% contained.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters and Forest Service personnel remain on the scene monitoring the situation closely, while authorities urge motorists to avoid the area until further notice.<\/p>\n<p>Officials believe the wildfire may burn itself out overnight if current conditions hold.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Live footage shows flames and smoke continuing to rise as containment efforts continue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Check back for ongoing updates and live coverage of the developing situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A wildfire ignited by lightning has scorched approximately 225 acres along US 27 near I-75, forcing the closure&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":249115,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[28,123,125,124,69605],"class_list":["post-353309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-florida","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-wildfire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353309","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=353309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/249115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}