We’re keeping a close eye on a huge brush fire burning in the Florida Everglades. It’s nearly the size of Washington, D.C., and there’s very little containment so far as helicopters work to dump water on it.

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

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

A fire ignited in the Florida Everglades Monday, quickly burning a large area of the national park, alarming nearby residents.

In some areas, crews are relying on helicopters to scoop water from nearby canals and drop it on hotspots of the Mile Marker 39 Fire.

Firefighters on Friday continued to battle a massive brush fire in the Everglades that has scorched more than 42,000 acres of land in western Broward County.

The two wildfires burning in the Everglades, prompting an air-quality alert for Broward County, have combined and grown tenfold, burning over 19,000 acres by Wednesday afternoon, according to the Florida Forest Service.

A fire ignited in the Florida Everglades Monday, quickly burning a large area of the national park, alarming nearby residents.