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Everglades Fire Today: Blaze Scorches 1,600 Acres, Leaves Florida Homeowners on Edge

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 map reveals 42K-acre blaze in the Everglades, smoke chokes South Florida skies

CBS12’s Victoria De Cardenas had traffic camera footage from Alligator Alley, where thick smoke still lingered despite some ...

Smoke from Everglades wildfires causing ‘unhealthy’ air quality, haze in Broward

Wildfire smoke wafting east from the Everglades is causing “unhealthy” air quality and low visibility across Broward County ...

Dutch tourist describes moments she drives through massive Everglades wildfire: "Pretty intense"

As a wildfire continues burning through the Everglades west of Broward County, residents and tourists shared their thoughts ...

Everglades Fire Grows To Nearly The Size Of Washington, DC

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., ...

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 ...
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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, ...