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Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews help keep Zoo Miami elephants cool – WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports | Fort Lauderdale

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SOUTHWEST MIAMI-DADE, FLA. (WSVN) – Miami-Dade Fire Rescue crews were called in to assist zoo keepers at Zoo Miami on Tuesday to help keep the elephants cool amid rising temperatures.

Photos of the enrichment activity on the department’s social media accounts showed the elephants enjoying the attention and playing happily while being hosed off.

According to an Instagram post, the crew from Miami-Dade Fire Rescue’s Engine 57 participated in Zoo Miami’s annual elephant hose enrichment activity.

This event allows the community to observe as firefighters provide unique heat relief to the elephants in the Asian Elephant habitat, helping to lower their body temperatures. The post expressed gratitude to Zoo Miami for the opportunity to bring enrichment to the animals.

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A similar message was shared on X, formerly known as Twitter, highlighting the collaboration between Miami-Dade Fire Rescue and Zoo Miami to ensure the well-being of the elephants during the hot summer days.

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Girl, 12, shot while sitting in parked car in northwest Miami-Dade, deputies say

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Girl, 12, shot while sitting in parked car in northwest Miami-Dade, deputies say


MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — A 12-year-old girl was shot in the arm after gunfire erupted in a northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood early Tuesday morning, according to the Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office.

Deputies said they responded just before 1 a.m. to the area of Northwest 64th Street and Northwest 21st Avenue in the county’s Gladeview area, where they found three vehicles struck by gunfire, including a silver Hyundai.

“The car was parked outside of the residence. It was occupied by three juveniles, so it was the girl and her two siblings that were in the vehicle. The mom was outside of the vehicle at the time, so this could have been a very different outcome,” MDSO Detective Samantha Choon said.

Authorities said Miami-Dade Fire Rescue medics transported the girl to a nearby hospital in stable condition.

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A family member of the victim told Local 10’s Jackie Pascale that the girl is now home and doing OK.

They said neither her siblings nor their mother was injured in the shooting.

According to investigators, no arrests have been made, and detectives have not released any suspect information at this time.

Neighbor Marie Grimes said she was shaken after hearing multiple gunshots.

“I heard the booms — boom, boom, boom, boom — and I said, ‘Oh my God, what’s happening?’” she said. “Maybe five or six, ’cause look at that right there. I’m just glad the little girl is OK.”

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Investigators asked neighbors to check their surveillance or Ring camera footage from around 1 a.m. and contact authorities with any information.

Anyone with information on the shooting is urged to contact Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-8477. Anonymous tips are accepted.

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South Florida mother arrested for leaving daughter chained to fence, police say

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A Hialeah woman was arrested and charged with child neglect for leaving her 13-year-old daughter chained to her great-grandmother’s fence in the heat with no shoes or water. CBS News Miami’s Abby Dodge reports from the neighborhood where it all happened.



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3 hurt in fire on Lincoln Road that started underground

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Three people were hurt after a building caught fire on Lincoln Road on Sunday, according to authorities.

The Miami Beach Fire Department said it was working a fire near 230 Lincoln Road.

The flames had spread from a fire in a manhole that “ignited an FPL vault of an adjacent building,” officials said.

Three people were taken to Mount Sinai Medical Center with minor injuries.

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The building was evacuated, and FPL has shut off power to the surrounding area, the fire department said.

Drivers were asked to avoid the area of Collins Avenue between 16th and 17th streets while crews worked the scene.



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