Air quality alert in effect for Broward
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A wildfire burning in the Florida Everglades sent the smell of smoke and haze into the air across South Florida early Wednesday.
The two wildfires burning in the Everglades, prompting an air-quality alert for Broward County, have combined and grown tenfold, burning over 19,000 acres by Wednesday afternoon, according to the Florida Forest Service.
As of Thursday afternoon, the fire is 10% contained and has burned through at least 42,000 of the Everglades in western Broward County. The fire does not present a threat to people or structures at this time.