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.
With much of the fire inaccessible to ground crews, officials deployed additional aerial support to combat the flames.
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 blaze has forced the closure of Card Sound Road and officials warn that U.S. 1's 18-Mile Stretch could face intermittent shutdowns in the coming days.
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.
A massive brush fire in southwest Miami-Dade is raising concerns about air quality and doctors say exposure, even without visible smoke, can be dangerous.
The smoke originated from a massive brush fire in southern Miami-Dade County, which has already burned 3,600 acres.
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.
CBS News Miami's Larry Seward reports on efforts to contain the brush fires threatening U.S. 1.
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.
Card Sound Road remains closed due to the fire. The U.S. 1 18-Mile Stretch is open.
Firefighting efforts continued across in southern Miami-Dade County, where a massive brush fire burned over 3,000 acres this week.
A Next Weather Smoke Alert has been issued Wednesday for southern Miami-Dade County and the upper Florida Keys due to the potential for smoke reducing air quality after sunset and continuing overnight.
The fire has damaged power lines and communication towers.
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.
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Yordanka Ozabala Garcia, 50, was taken into custody on Thursday at a home near Southwest 127th Avenue and 42nd Terrace
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