Smoke from 1,600 acre Everglades brush fire drifts over Fort Lauderdale, western suburbs
A fire dubbed the Mile Marker 39 fire had burned more than 1,600 acres by Tuesday afternoon, according to the Florida Forest Service. They said the second fire, named the Sawgrass Fire, had burned approximately 250 acres as of Tuesday afternoon. Both fires were 0% contained.
Both fires are far inland and northwest of Fort Lauderdale.
The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement for drivers in Broward. It said visibility along roadways may be reduced to 3 miles or less at times where the smoke is the densest. A northwesterly wind is pushing the smoke across I-75 and into the populated areas.
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