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Fire crews battle Florida brush fire

by Rachel Nixon | April 28, 2008 at 03:12 pm | 623 views | 5 comments

Fire crews in Florida are trying to control a brush fire that has broken out in Northwest Miami-Dade.

The fire is burning near the Metro West Detention Center and the South Florida Reception Center at Northwest 137th Avenue and Northwest 17th Street. The flames, which are about 400 feet from the road, are burning dangerously close to nearby power lines and both of the jails. However, neither the county detention center nor the state facility has been ordered to evacuate.

Miami-Dade Fire Rescue helicopters are performing water drops to try and bring the flames under control. They are using water from a nearby lake to fill up giant bags with water and then dropping the water on the fire.

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Jarrett Martineau

at 15:13 on April 28th, 2008

news wanted:

I think this is an important story and would benefit from other NowPublic contributors working on it. I've flagged it as News Wanted and invite others in relevant locations to look for more evidence.

AlvarezGalloso

at 16:01 on April 28th, 2008

good stuff:

Rachel Nixon, I like this story. It's good stuff. There has been no update at the present moment.

AlvarezGalloso

at 21:06 on April 28th, 2008

According to WFOR 4 [CBS News in Miami Florida] reported that the prisoners and staff of the Metro West Detention Center [a jail in the North Western Part of Miami Dade County] were evacuated to different prisons in Miami Dade and Broward County.

SOURCE:

CBS 4.COM [WFOR 4 Miami Florida]: "Officials Evacuating Miami Jail In Path of Fire"

http://cbs4.com/floridawire/22.0.html?type=local&state=FL&category=n&filename=FL--Fire-JailEvacuati.xml