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Smoky conditions linger as Everglades wildfire burns 19,000 acres in Broward

The county is experiencing the worst air quality in South Florida, with levels in the yellow "moderate" range.
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Wildfire in the Everglades burns over 19,000 acres, impacts much of Broward County

A wildfire in the Everglades has impacted much of Broward County overnight into Wednesday morning. BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — A ...
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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 ...
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Officials issue warnings as Everglades wildfire spreads: 'It looked like fog, but you could smell it'

Having started on Monday, Aug. 18, the so-called Mile Marker 39 Fire continued to rage across the Everglades, burning through dry foliage and releasing plumes of hazardous wildfire smoke into the air, ...

Everglades fires grow tenfold and burn over 19,000 acres in Broward: officials

The two wildfires burning in the Everglades, prompting an air-quality alert for Broward County, have combined and grown ...

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 ...