{"id":2117,"date":"2026-06-22T20:31:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T20:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2117"},"modified":"2026-06-22T20:31:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T20:31:51","slug":"fires-that-burned-22000-acres-in-miami-dade-nearly-contained-what-about-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2117","title":{"rendered":"Fires that burned 22,000 acres in Miami-Dade nearly contained. What about air?"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The fires in West Miami-Dade that have burned nearly 22,000 acres since last week were nearly contained Monday, but air quality across the county remains a concern.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2116\">Miami-Dade school board incumbents coast, but open seat in District 1 attracts many<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven though the containment is high, it is still burning,\u201d said Chris Fisher, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Miami. \u201cIt just means that it\u2019s burning inside that containment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The Quarry Fire near Northwest 137th Avenue and 41st Street, west of Doral, has burned through around 19,000 acres and was 97% contained as of Sunday, <u>according to the Florida Forest Service fire map<\/u>. Near Northwest 122nd Avenue and 58th Street, the Wells Fire burned around 2,750 aces and was 85% contained. A third, a 330-acre wildfire in the Everglades, was 15% contained as of Monday.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Since a June 14 thunderstorm sparked the Quarry and Wells fires, dozens of firefighters have been battling the blazes and hundreds left their homes. Smoke, soot and ash blew into nearby communities.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p><b>MORE: Inside Miami\u2019s hellish week: Wildfires, flying soot, dark clouds, extreme heat<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2114\">Ex-Coral Gables attorney begins 10-year sentence for global crypto fraud<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>While the fires appear to be winding down, an air quality alert for Miami-Dade County remains through 3 p.m. Tuesday. The surface smoke will likely worsen overnight, as thunderstorm winds settle down, Fisher said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a chance of showers and thunderstorms Tuesday morning and afternoon, bringing patchy smoke across metro Miami-Dade, according to the National Weather Service. It\u2019s expected to be humid with highs in the mid-90s and lows in the upper-70s.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>From the air quality to the heat to the humidity, \u201cit\u2019s just important for people to take it easy,\u201d Fisher said.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>People should limit their time outdoors in the evening and early morning, he said. If possible, stay inside and keep windows closed. Anyone with any type of sensitivity, and those who work outdoors overnight are the most vulnerable.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/floridamovingchronicle.com\/?p=2113\">This goth shop near Kendall brought the community together. Now it\u2019s closing<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--]--><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Miami-Dade fires that scorched about 22,000 acres are nearly contained, but smoke and an air quality alert persist across Miami-Dade through Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2047,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2117","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 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fires that burned 22,000 acres in Miami-Dade nearly contained. 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