Everglades Fire Burns 70,000 Acres
From Times Wire Reports
A fire fed by rapidly shifting wind burned out of control in the Florida Everglades, consuming 70,000 acres of dry marsh grass and creating clouds of smoke that darkened the Miami area. The fire began on the Everglades’ western edge Saturday, possibly ignited by heat from a vehicle’s catalytic converter. It quickly became the largest of more than 2,450 blazes that have burned 130,000 acres in the state this year.
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