Fire under Purdy Bridge started from cooking fire ‘out of control,’ officials say

Smoke was billowing over the Purdy Bridge after a cooking fire broke out underneath it, leading to significant traffic backups Friday morning, according to the Key Peninsula Fire Department.

The Key Peninsula Fire Department posted on Facebook at 9:07 a.m. that the fire was under control and that “traffic is getting through however there is a significant backup.” A second post at 9:14 a.m. said that the fire was out.

“This was a cooking fire that got out of control,” the department posted…

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