A pair of wildfires burning in the Florida Everglades, about 40 miles outside Miami, have prompted air quality warnings as heavy plumes of smoke heavy smoke drifts into nearby communities.
The larger of the two fires, dubbed the Mile Marker 39 Fire, has scorched 19,200 acres of land as of Aug. 20, according to the Florida Forest Service. The fire underwent explosive growth from a day earlier when its size was measured at 1,600 acres of land.
Just to the west, another smaller fire, the Saw Grass Fire, burned 250 acres of land. Officials said no structures were in danger and no one has been reported injured. It remains unclear what caused the blazes, and both of them are 0% contained, according to the state’s forest service…