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Fire crews battle Florida brush fire
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by Rachel Nixon | April 28, 2008 at 11:12 am
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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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at 12:01 on April 28th, 2008
Rachel Nixon, I like this story. It's good stuff. There has been no update at the present moment.
at 17:06 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
at 07:59 on April 29th, 2008
According to CBS 4 WFOR in Miami Florida, the fire is now under control.
REFERENCE:
CBS 4 [WFOR]: "It;s Back To Jail For Prisoners at Metro West"
http://cbs4.com/local/brush.fire.northwest.2.711010.html
at 08:04 on April 29th, 2008
Thanks for the update.