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Live updates: Everglades wildfire grows to 42K acres, crews use helicopter for water drops

A wildfire burning in the Florida Everglades sent the smell of smoke and haze into the air across South Florida early ...

Everglades Fire Today: 5 Key Takeaways for Florida Homeowners

A fire ignited in the Florida Everglades Monday, quickly burning a large area of the national park, alarming nearby residents ...
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Wildfire in the Everglades burns over 19,000 acres, impacts much of Broward County

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — A wildfire in the Everglades has impacted much of Broward County overnight into Wednesday evening.

Air quality alert in effect for Broward as wildfire burns in the Everglades

Though the actual blaze is away from more populated areas, northwest winds caused by Hurricane Erin helped push smoke across ...
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Everglades wildfire burns for third day, 10% contained

As of Thursday afternoon, the fire is 10% contained and has burned through at least 42,000 of the Everglades in western Broward County. The fire does not present a threat to people or structures at ...

Smoke from 1,600 acre Everglades brush fire drifts over Fort Lauderdale, western suburbs

Smoke from two brush fires burning in the Everglades are drifting over Fort Lauderdale and the western Broward County suburbs ...

Smell that smoke from the Everglades fire? Climate change making it more common

A wildfire burning through 1,800 acres of the Everglades is filling the air with smoke across South Florida. While scientists ...