Traffic

Gas line leak near a Publix and CVS in Miami Beach could cause traffic delays, police say

As if the rainy weather wasn’t bad enough, a gas line leak is expected to cause some additional traffic backups during Friday morning’s rush hour in Miami Beach.

The leak is in the area surrounding Fifth Street and Lenox Avenue and fire-rescue is responding, according to Miami Beach police.

Publix, Best Buy, Total Wine, Petco, Burger King and a CVS Pharmacy are some of the businesses in the area.

No additional details were immediately available. Drivers should seek alternate routes or leave their home earlier to plan for possible delays.

This story was originally published May 15, 2020 at 9:11 AM.

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Michelle Marchante covers the pulse of healthcare in South Florida and also the City of Coral Gables. Before that, she covered the COVID-19 pandemic, hurricanes, crime, education, entertainment and other topics in South Florida for the Herald as a breaking news reporter. She recently won first place in the health reporting category in the 2025 Sunshine State Awards for her coverage of Steward Health’s bankruptcy. An investigative series about the abrupt closure of a Miami heart transplant program led Michelle and her colleagues to be recognized as finalists in two 2024 Florida Sunshine State Award categories. She also won second place in the 73rd annual Green Eyeshade Awards for her consumer-focused healthcare stories and was part of the team of reporters who won a 2022 Pulitzer Prize for the Miami Herald’s breaking news coverage of the Surfside building collapse. Michelle graduated with honors from Florida International University and was a 2025 National Press Foundation Covering Workplace Mental Health fellow and a 2020-2021 Poynter-Koch Media & Journalism fellow.  Support my work with a digital subscription
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