South Florida

Car Fire Snarls Early Morning SB Turnpike in Miramar

Crews in Broward County were busy responding to a car that was completely engulfed in flames on the Florida Turnpike early Monday.

Fire rescue crews were called to the southbound Turnpike at Red Road just after 6 a.m. Crews were able to quickly put the fire out.

Chopper 6 captured aerial images of the car completely engulfed by those flames.

Lanes of traffic were completely shut down on the southbound Turnpike just after Northwest 57th Avenue for a time. They have since been reopened.

It is not yet known what caused that fire. No injures have been reported.

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