Brush fire in West Broward near Alligator Alley blankets South Florida in smoke

WEST BROWARD, FLA. (WSVN) – A blanket of smoke was observed over parts of South Florida Wednesday morning as firefighters in West Broward worked to contain a brushfire in the Everglades, with a westerly wind pushing all the smoke east into metro Broward and Miami-Dade County.

Florida Forest Service units responded to reports of a wildfire burning along Alligator Alley near mile marker 39.

It appears the fire has charred roughly 1600 acres, at this point…

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