BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — A brush fire dubbed the Holey Fire has burned about 3,900 acres so far in the Everglades in West Broward, Florida Forestry officials confirmed Thursday.
The fire is burning about 6 miles north of Interstate 75 and about 20 miles west of U.S. 27.
Video taken from Sky 10 early Thursday morning shows a line of flames coming from the area.
The fire is 20% contained.
The Holey Fire puts the statewide total to 2,908 wildfires this year, making it the worst fire season statewide since 1998 when over 500,000 acres burned.
So far, we’ve seen around 250,000 acres burned across Florida, which is the size of some large U.S. cities. Most of the fires have been sparked by what is called “dry lightning,” which is lightning from a storm that produces very little rainfall.
Other causes are manmade, however, so we need to be careful with starting sparks and any outdoor burning at places like parks and campgrounds.
Even parking your car on the street instead of on the grass could prevent a fire from starting.
It’s unusual to see such an extended fire season, but well below rainfall this rainy season has allowed fire dangers to continue.
We’re over 10 inches of rain below normal for the calendar year and we’re not making up ground so far this wet season.
We still have about 10 weeks left in our statistically rainiest part of the year, so hopefully we’ll make up some of these deficits.
Until then, expect even more fires anywhere statewide as this hot and drier than normal summer rolls on!
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