Overview

• Two Everglades brush fires, Mile Marker 39 and Sawgrass, remained 0% contained as of Wednesday morning, according to the Florida Forest Service.
• The Mile Marker 39 fire had burned more than 1,600 acres by Tuesday afternoon, while the Sawgrass Fire covered about 250 acres.
• Smoke drifted over Fort Lauderdale and western Broward suburbs Wednesday morning, prompting travel concerns.
• The National Weather Service issued a special weather statement advising that roadway visibility could fall to 3 miles or less where smoke is densest.
• West-northwesterly winds are pushing smoke east across I-75 from fires burning far inland northwest of Fort Lauderdale.