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Thick plume of dark wildfire smoke rising over an open grass plain at sunset — illustrative imagery for Newsorga's coverage of the Max Road Fire in western Broward County's Everglades, which exploded from roughly 80 acres to more than 4,800 acres on May 10, 2026 and stood at approximately 5,000 acres and 20 percent containment on the morning of May 11 as ash drifted over the Holly Lake area of Pembroke Pines along US-27 and Pines Boulevard, with the 172nd Avenue Fire in south Miami-Dade and the Highway 41 Fire inside Everglades National Park still active among 61 wildfires the Florida Forest Service was tracking across the state.

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Max Road Fire hits 5,000 acres in Broward Everglades; smoke reaches Pembroke Pines

2026-05-119 min read