{"id":1951,"date":"2026-06-17T23:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1951"},"modified":"2026-06-17T23:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T23:02:08","slug":"200-people-leave-their-homes-as-growing-fires-menace-west-miami-dade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1951","title":{"rendered":"200 people leave their homes as growing fires menace West Miami-Dade"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Growing brush fires in West Miami-Dade led to hundreds of people leaving their homes on Wednesday as flames scorched 14,000 acres, shut down roads and sent smoke into the sky.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1949\">Is Alligator Alcatraz empty? ICE says detainees were moved due to hurricanes<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>More than 200 people voluntarily left  their  trailer park as brush fires continued to burn through nearly 14,000 acres over the past four days, authorities said. The fallout from the fires sent smoke, soot and ash into their community.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe evacuation was for the sanctity of life,\u201d Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office Assistant Sheriff Fernand Charles said during a news conference at Krome Avenue and Okeechobee Road. \u201cThe majority of the homeowners heeded our recommendations, and they were taken to a fairground.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Other residents chose to stay, Charles said. Some firefighters and deputies are remaining with them to monitor conditions in the neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The fire began as a single blaze that sparked Sunday during thunderstorms in the grassy flats near Krome Avenue, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Chief Raied \u201cRay\u201d Jadallah said. The Florida Forest Service initially handled the situation and MDFR joined the crews on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>By then,  the one fire became two,  named Quarry 2 and Well. Together, just under 14,000 acres had burned as of  Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Fighting the fires<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The Quarry 2 Fire, near Northwest 137th Avenue and 41st Street, west of Doral, was around 30% contained as of Wednesday afternoon. The smaller Well Fire, burning near Northwest 122nd Avenue and 58th Street, was at 25% containment. The fires  continue to move north and have extended to about three quarters of a mile wild, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1948\">Hialeah mayor driving with flashing red and blue lights when pulled over in Miami<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Over 100 firefighters are battling the blazes, along with help from the National Guard and other law enforcement agencies. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue firefighters are  rotating in and out every few hours  from  over 70 fire stations across Miami-Dade County.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The Florida Forest Service is also conducting \u201cback burns,\u201d which remove vegetation that could be used as fuel by the wildfires, Jadallah said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Jadallah said there hasn\u2019t been a spike in Miami-Dade residents reporting respiratory issues from the fire, but he is still strongly recommending those who live near ground zero  to stay inside.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<h2>Road shutdowns<\/h2>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Drivers can expect road closings  due to the fires near the Everglades.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Krome Avenue is closed between Southwest Eighth Street and Okeechobee Road, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>And no traffic can travel south on U.S. Highway 27 past Pines Boulevard. Travelers are being asked to avoid the area.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><i>Miami Herald staff writers Milena Malaver and Sofia Saric contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=1947\">\u2018Noem lied\u2019: Emails suggest DHS ignored federal law to end TPS for 350k Haitians<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 200 residents were evacuated from a West Miami-Dade trailer park as two wildfires near the Everglades burned nearly 14,000 acres and forced road closures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1950,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miami-dade-county"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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