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Thousands of acres burned in the Everglades

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A fast-moving brush fire in south Florida’s Everglades has burned about 2,300 acres and is only about 50 percent contained.

on Sunday that the brush fire started in western Broward County on Friday. Scott Peterich, a wildfire mitigation specialist for the Florida Forest Service, said the fire will burn for the next 🅰couple of days unless rain helps put it out.

Peterich said officials did not know yet wh🍷at caused the fire.

The leading edge 🦂of the flames was more than one mile n🐬orth of a section of Interstate 75 section known as Alligator Alley.