{"id":420749,"date":"2026-10-07T00:16:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T00:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420749\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T00:16:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T00:16:46","slug":"underground-electrical-fire-causes-downtown-tallahassee-damage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/420749\/","title":{"rendered":"Underground electrical fire causes downtown Tallahassee damage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">LEON COUNTY, Fla. (<a data-ylk=\"slk:WMBB;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mypanhandle.com\/news\/local-news\/underground-electrical-fire-causes-downtown-tallahassee-damage\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">WMBB<\/a>) &#8211; Tallahassee police officers said crews are actively working on impacts caused by an underground electrical fire that has caused road damage in the downtown Tallahassee area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The fire happened in the downtown area, just east of the Capitol complex near the Leon County Courthouse shortly before 6 a.m. Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">According to the Tallahassee Police Department, there will be a planned electric service outage in the downtown area to allow crews to safely assess and make repairs. This will impact traffic signals and area buildings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Officers reported road closures in the area are anticipated to remain throughout the day, including Monroe Street between Jefferson Street and Apalachee Parkway, as well as adjacent roads.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Additionally, the Leon County Sheriff&#8217;s Office reported that visitation to the Leon County Detention Facility is temporarily closed until further notice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to mypanhandle.com.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mypanhandle.com\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to mypanhandle.com.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) &#8211; Tallahassee police officers said crews are actively working on impacts caused by an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":420750,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-420749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420749","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=420749"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/420749\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/420750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=420749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=420749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=420749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}