{"id":247084,"date":"2026-04-26T06:58:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247084\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T06:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T06:58:15","slug":"massive-fire-burns-9200-acres-of-wildland-in-western-broward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/247084\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive fire burns 9,200 acres of wildland in western Broward"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text text--small text--normal text--primary\">Published:\u00a0April 22, 2026 at 7:02 PM<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">BROWARD COUNTY, Fla.  \u2014 In two days, a massive fire has burned 9,200 acres of wildland in western Broward County, according to the Florida Forest Service. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/04\/23\/incendio-forestal-consume-9200-acres-en-el-oeste-de-broward\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.local10.com\/espanol\/2026\/04\/23\/incendio-forestal-consume-9200-acres-en-el-oeste-de-broward\/\">Leer en espa\u00f1ol<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The fire started on Tuesday and burned just west of U.S. Highway 27. It expanded on a dry Wednesday, as the National Guard joined the fight. <\/p>\n<p>Wildfire continues to burn in western Broward  <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">With crews flying and navigating tough terrain, the Florida Forest Service and the Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue contained about 50% of the fire. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">The massive fire\u2019s smoke was moving west. It was set to affect air quality in the area of Naples, Marco Island, and Fort Myers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s probably the worst drought we have had in 15 years, and we probably have another 6 to 8 weeks of this,\u201d Kevin MacEwen, of the Florida Forest Service, said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph\">Related stories<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-article-body__copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WPLG Local10.com &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Jeff  Derderian \" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/wplginc-wplg-prod.web.arc-cdn.net\/resizer\/v2\/null?smart=true&amp;auth=14f74010de5baf108d1e6e25f535dafcf63fd1270e89df97c733d3f5fbf11031&amp;width=100&amp;height=100\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Jeff Derderian <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Jeff Derderian is an Emmy Award-winning reporter with more than two decades of experience uncovering the truth and holding the powerful accountable. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Janine Stanwood\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/21e83aab-f6c0-4437-b3.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Janine Stanwood<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Janine Stanwood is an Emmy award-winning reporter and anchor. She joined Local 10 News in February 2004 as an assignment editor. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Andrea Torres\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-sandbox-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/83a8effa-fc87-4940-96.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Andrea Torres<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" alt=\"Brandon Orr\" class=\"c-image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/author-service-images-prod-us-east-1.publishing.aws.arc.pub\/wplginc\/3a1748c1-7381-491f-b829-.jpeg\"  width=\"100\" height=\"100\"\/>Brandon Orr<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph b-author-bio__author-description\">Brandon Orr joined the Local 10 News team in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published:\u00a0April 22, 2026 at 7:02 PM BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 In two days, a massive fire has burned&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247085,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-247084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247084"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247084\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247085"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}