Wildfires in Everglades send smoke across South Florida
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Smoke from a large wildfire burning in the Everglades in western Broward County is drifting over parts of South Florida and impacting air quality. The fire, which has consumed 19,200 acres according to the Florida Forest Service, remains uncontained.
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.
A wildfire burning through 1,800 acres of the Everglades is filling the air with smoke across South Florida. While scientists stress that no single fire can be directly pinned to climate change, a hotter,
Smoke from a wildfire burning in the Everglades lingers over parts of South Florida Wednesday evening, particularly Broward County where an Air Quality Alert is in effect late-night through Thursday morning.
Authorities in Broward are investigating an overnight house fire in Dania Beach that killed a man and a dog. NBC6 spoke to several neighbors who said they saw a thick cloud of smoke coming from the home. They never imagined that it would turn deadly.