Local News and Real Estate for West Boca Raton
Readers tipped us off to a few accidents today.
First was the car fire this morning on Boca Rio. The photos are from the county Fire Rescue:
The alert was at 8:54 am:
Next on Glades near Sandpiper Shores Elementary, around “4ish”:
And last on Lyons at SW 8th:
As always, we thank our readers for the tips and photos.
Update: If we understand correctly, two occupants suffered minor burns.
Black smoke poured out of a Boca Dunes condo earlier this afternoon. We learned of the incident from readers and from Palm Beach County Fire Rescue on Twitter.
As best we understand it, this incident occurred in one of the condo buildings on the west side of Lyons Road near SW 8th Street, south of Palmetto Park Road.
Readers sent us several images including the one at the top of this article. Here are a few of the Fire Rescue team in action:
A couple of readers sent us pictures of the scene from other angles:
Fire Rescue posted a close-up of the aftermath of the fire on Twitter:
As best we can tell there were no serious injuries from this incident. We haven’t seen any reports suggesting otherwise. Fire Rescue was ready with a stretcher:
We know our readers appreciate the quick and thorough response from the Fire Rescue team. We do too.