MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A grass fire broke out Sunday afternoon in southwest Miami-Dade.
It broke out at around 2:45 p.m. in the pinelands near Southwest 137th Avenue and 120th Street, near Miami Executive Airport.
According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, no injuries were reported.
Additional manpower had been called in to fight the flames, which burned about 10 acres.
“(It’s a) tremendous fire and of course, it’s very hot out here, so all firefighters are dealing with the heat and the humidity,” MDFR Division Chief Michael Eng said. “The winds are coming strong from the east, so it is helping spread the fire a lot faster.
“A priority, of course, is again is protecting the exposures, so there’s a lot of residents in this part of the area that we want to protect.”
Crews additionally evacuated Camp Matecumbe, within Boystown Pineland County Park and closed a portion of Southwest 120th Street.
Firefighters have told those living nearby to shelter in place, so stay inside and to keep their doors and windows closed.
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