Key Largo restaurant ready to serve after brush fire
A family-run restaurant in the Florida Keys is feeling the sting of last week's massive wildfire, which crippled traffic and kept customers away during one of its busiest seasons.
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A family-run restaurant in the Florida Keys is feeling the sting of last week's massive wildfire, which crippled traffic and kept customers away during one of its busiest seasons.
Card Sound Road and businesses nearby had been boarded up due to the flames that have flared up since Tuesday.
No injuries or property damage has been reported.
Firefighters are making progress as the brush fire battle enters its fifth day but officials warn we are not in the clear yet.
Steve Maugeri has the latest on the South Miami-Dade massive brush fire live from Florida City.
Florida officials say the southwest Miami-Dade brush fire is 50% contained. This is starting to impact people’s commutes vacations, and events around southwest Miami-Dade.
Emergency crews ramped up their response Friday as a massive brush fire in South Miami-Dade County continued to spread, burning more than 26,000 acres in a week.
CBS News Miami's Steve Maugeri reports near Florida City where traffic was being affected by the burning brush fire in southern Miami-Dade.
The fire weather watch is in effect from Friday morning through Friday evening.
On Thursday afternoon, U.S. 1's 18-Mile Stretch reopened after being closed for most of the morning in both directions due to ongoing fire mitigation.
Thousands of acres have already burned, leading to indefinite closures on Card Sound Road and intermittent shutdowns of U.S. 1, the only two roadways connecting the Florida Keys to the mainland.
The smoke originated from a massive brush fire in southern Miami-Dade County, which has already burned 3,600 acres.
Card Sound Road remains closed due to the fire. The U.S. 1 18-Mile Stretch is open.
Morgan Rynor reports U.S. 1's 18-Mile Stretch has reopened after being shut down for several hours on Tuesday.
Traffic is slowly moving in both directions Tuesday evening on U.S. 1's 18-Mile Stretch after a massive brush fire forced authorities to shut down the only highway linking the Florida Keys to the mainland for hours.
Fire and law enforcement officials, with assistance from the Florida Highway Patrol, have blocked both routes while crews work to contain the blaze.
On day three of the brush fire in Southwest Miami-Dade, the Florida Forest Service said it's about 60% contained.
The fire is in a remote area of the county near SW 117 Avenue and 344 Street. There are no home or businesses nearby.
At this time, fire and law officials have not identified the person burned in the fire.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and the Florida Forest Service joined forces to battle two stubborn brush fires from this weekend and crews on Monday snuffed out hot spots.
Peter D'Oench reports the fire burning along SW 8th Street and 137th Avenue has charred 170 acres.
It's burning along Krome Avenue and SW 9th Street.
The brush fire in Southwest Miami-Dade is 90% contained, according to officials.
Fire crews are keeping an eye on a brush fire that temporarily shut down the southbound lanes of US 1 on Tuesday.
What began as a car fire near Florida City quickly turned into a brush fire on Tuesday afternoon.
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