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Everglades wildfire grows to 48,000 acres but is now 60% contained: officials

The Everglades blaze, known as the “Mile Marker 39” fire, has scorched 48,000 acres since it began Monday evening. As of ...

Everglades Fire Today: Blaze Scorches 1,600 Acres, Leaves Florida Homeowners on Edge

A fire ignited in the Florida Everglades Monday, quickly burning a large area of the national park, alarming nearby residents ...

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 ...
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Wildfire map reveals 42K-acre blaze in the Everglades, smoke chokes South Florida skies

CBS12’s Victoria De Cardenas had traffic camera footage from Alligator Alley, where thick smoke still lingered despite some ...
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Florida weather: Biggest wildfire of 2025 rages as Miami chokes in thick plume of smoke

Two separate fires that are believed to have started by lightning strikes combined to form one of the biggest fires seen in ...

Hegseth fires general whose agency’s intel assessment of damage from Iran strikes angered Trump

WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s initial intelligence assessment of damage ...

Wildfire smoke pushes Oregon's air quality into ‘unhealthy’ zone

An air quality alert was issued Friday morning, warning that smoke will continue to impact portions of Central Oregon through ...
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News in brief for August 23

MIAMI — (NYT) A federal judge on Thursday ordered that no more immigrant detainees be sent to a center in the Florida Everglades, and that much of the facility be dismantled. The ruling rebuked the ...