Alexia Rivera | Contributing Writer
Skies start to clear after days of blazing brush fire throughout over 20,000 acres of land in West Miami-Dade and air quality alerts come to a halt Thursday, June 25.
The first fires broke out last Friday, June 19, closing Florida Turnpike southbound lanes from Okeechobee Road/U.S. 27 to Northwest 41st Street and Krome Avenue, disrupting many FIU commuters.
“It was a little distracting because you would want to look at where everything’s going,” said FIU sophomore and commuter, Madison Martin.
Martin explained that traffic between work and class was heavy when driving through the back streets.
“In general, you could see the smoke in the air, you could see the ashes, you could smell it too. It was everywhere,” she said.
Martin, also a member of FIU’s color guard team, explained that videos and photos of the brush fires were being shared in the team’s group chat from different perspectives.
Throughout the week, FIU kept students, faculty, and staff on campus updated about traffic conditions and limited outdoor activity by email and on social media platforms.
For South Florida residents a week of summer has been hazy skies and ashes.
The heavy rainfall on Saturday, June 20, helped speed up the efforts to put out the fires.
According to Miami-Dade Fire Rescue, as of Thursday, June 25, units have cleared the scene and the Florida Forest Service is still monitoring conditions.
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