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A wildfire burning in western Broward County sent the smell of smoke and haze into the air early Wednesday. The fire, dubbed the Mile Marker 39 fire, had burned 1600 acres by Tuesday afternoon, according to the Florida Fire Service. It was 0% contained. Another blaze, named the Sawgrass Fire, was 250 acres in size and was also 0% contained.
Theo Karantsalis While an air quality alert has lifted, people in South Florida can still expect to see smoky and hazy skies, according to the National Weather Service. The alert — triggered by an Everglades wildfire near Alligator Alley — ran from 10 p.
Smoke from two brush fires burning in the Everglades are drifting over Fort Lauderdale and the western Broward County suburbs on Wednesday morning.