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Map shows massive Everglades wildfire burning in Broward, smoke impacts South Florida air quality

A massive Everglades wildfire is burning thousands of acres in Broward County and sending smoke across South Florida.

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 ...
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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.

Everglades wildfire doubles in size, now at 45,000 acres

Firefighters are working to cotaine a massive wildfire burning in the Everglades, which has now doubled in size from just a ...

Everglades wildfire doubles in size, just 10% contained

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

Despite judge's ruling, legal and policy fight over Everglades detention camp far from over

The DeSantis administration immediately challenged the ruling in a filing with the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

Everglades detention center must wind down, federal judge rules

Federal judge orders facility to wind down operations, citing environmental protection and decades of conservation efforts in ...

‘Alligator Alcatraz’ fight: DeSantis vows to appeal judge's order to scale back Everglades immigrant-detention center

Gov. Ron DeSantis is pushing ahead with plans for a controversial immigrant-detention center in the Everglades despite a ...

Judge tells Trump admin to pack up Alligator Alcatraz, leave the Everglades, Big Cypress

Judge Williams issued a preliminary injunction Aug. 21, saying the Trump administration should pack up Alligator Alcatraz and ...