A fire ignited in the Florida Everglades Monday, quickly burning a large area of the national park, alarming nearby residents.

In some areas, crews are relying on helicopters to scoop water from nearby canals and drop it on hotspots of the Mile Marker 39 Fire.

CBS12’s Victoria De Cardenas had traffic camera footage from Alligator Alley, where thick smoke still lingered despite some flames appearing to die down. Aerial footage from Wednesday showed the fire’s aggressive spread.

A fire ignited in the Florida Everglades Monday, quickly burning a large area of the national park, alarming nearby residents.

TAMPA, Fla. — Wildfires in the Everglades continue to impact South Florida as the fires continue to burn across thousands of acres. Smokey conditions were reported early Wednesday around 2 a.m. by the National Weather Service in Miami, describing smokey conditions across parts of Broward County.

In what is now deemed the largest wildfire in Florida this year, the Everglades blaze that has been blowing smoke into Broward County, has grown to 42,000 acres, the Florida Forest Service said Thursday afternoon.

We’re keeping a close eye on a huge brush fire burning in the Florida Everglades. It’s nearly the size of Washington, D.C., and there’s very little containment so far as helicopters work to dump water on it.

A wildfire burning through 1,800 acres of the Everglades is filling the air with smoke across South Florida. While scientists stress that no single fire can be directly pinned to climate change, a hotter,