Several agencies on Sunday responded to fires stretching along the Everglades from Broward County to Florida City in Monroe County, including the closure of the road in and out of the Florida Keys.Firefighters in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, as well as the Florida Forest Service, responded to wildfires that had burned around 4,600 acres as of 5 p.m. In Broward County alone, it was 2,900 acres and zero percent contained.MDFR was battling a fire near Southwest 344 Street and South Dixie Highway.The second fire is located near North Krome Avenue and Northwest 186th Street, where MDFR is working with multiple agencies, including fire units with the Broward Sheriff’s Office and FFS, to contain the fire and protect the surrounding areas.Roxanne Gill, who lives with her boyfriend and her 1-year-old, was near where flames were burning at the northwest of the intersection of Okeechobee Road and Krome Avenue in Broward.“We couldn’t leave; the fire was blocking the dirt road,” she told WPLG. “There’s no leaving. The only way to leave was to take an airboat.”Gill said they have dealt with fires in the past, but never this close.“It was huge, there was so much smoke, we could hear it crackling, that’s how bad it was. I had to hose down my house. Everyone was hosing down their trailers before the fire department came,” she said. “I was scared. I was getting all my important stuff out of our house, and I was freaking out, asking everyone if I should take the baby, if I should leave, and there’s no way of leaving, I was super scared.”Police in Pembroke Pines warned residents about smoke heading toward the Lake Holly area, near Pines Boulevard and U.S. 27. Fire rescue crews were staging in the area.Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said all northbound traffic on U.S. 1 and Card Sound Road was closed due to a brush fire in Florida City. All NB traffic in Florida City was diverted to Krome Avenue at the RaceTrac gas station.Vehicles were backed up heading north on the 18-mile stretch leaving the Florida Keys, WPLG reported.Stay up-to-date: The latest headlines and weather from WPBF 25Get the latest news updates with the WPBF 25 News app. You can download it here.

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Several agencies on Sunday responded to fires stretching along the Everglades from Broward County to Florida City in Monroe County.

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Firefighters in Miami-Dade and Broward counties, as well as the Florida Forest Service, responded to wildfires that had burned around 4,600 acres as of 5 p.m. In Broward County alone, it was 2,900 acres and zero percent contained.

MDFR was battling a fire near Southwest 344 Street and South Dixie Highway.

The second fire is located near North Krome Avenue and Northwest 186th Street, where MDFR is working with multiple agencies, including fire units with the Broward Sheriff’s Office and FFS, to contain the fire and protect the surrounding areas.

Roxanne Gill, who lives with her boyfriend and her 1-year-old, was near where flames were burning at the northwest of the intersection of Okeechobee Road and Krome Avenue in Broward.

“We couldn’t leave; the fire was blocking the dirt road,” she told WPLG. “There’s no leaving. The only way to leave was to take an airboat.”

Gill said they have dealt with fires in the past, but never this close.

“It was huge, there was so much smoke, we could hear it crackling, that’s how bad it was. I had to hose down my house. Everyone was hosing down their trailers before the fire department came,” she said. “I was scared. I was getting all my important stuff out of our house, and I was freaking out, asking everyone if I should take the baby, if I should leave, and there’s no way of leaving, I was super scared.”

Police in Pembroke Pines warned residents about smoke heading toward the Lake Holly area, near Pines Boulevard and U.S. 27. Fire rescue crews were staging in the area.

Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said all northbound traffic on U.S. 1 and Card Sound Road was closed due to a brush fire in Florida City. All NB traffic in Florida City was diverted to Krome Avenue at the RaceTrac gas station.

Vehicles were backed up heading north on the 18-mile stretch leaving the Florida Keys, WPLG reported.

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