A mobile home and car caught fire early Friday morning at Northwest 79th Street and 12th Avenue.
The fire blocked traffic along westbound Northwest 79th Street for several hours as firefighters worked to clear the scene.
There were no injuries, according to Alton Drummond, a public information officer with Miami-Dade Fire Rescue. Drummond said authorities are still investigating the cause of the fire.
This report will be updated as more information becomes available.
A 21-year-old UM student convicted in a drunk driving crash that left an elderly woman dead may get a stiffer sentence after she allegedly failed a drug test in court.
An effort to roll back tolls on State Road 836 failed late Tuesday when the board of directors of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority (MDX) voted 7-5 to keep in place a higher toll rate approved in March.
Eva Countess Kendeffy, the top German official in Florida who helped organize Obama’s previous visits to Germany, is nostalgic about Obama’s Berlin visit. She will retire at the end of June.
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