A wildfire burning in the Florida Everglades sent the smell of smoke and haze into the air across South Florida early Wednesday.

Though the actual blaze is away from more populated areas, northwest winds caused by Hurricane Erin helped push smoke across South Florida.

While not yet encroaching on Everglades National Park itself, the fire is impacting both major everglades forest areas and nearby towns in Southern Florida. Firefighters are on the scene, but the ...

South Florida awoke on Wednesday enveloped in a thick cloud of smoke caused by two wildfires that merged to devastate over 19,000 acres in the ...