FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Crews gained an upper hand Sunday on a brush fire that has burned more than 20,500 acres in South Florida, and crossed into southwest Broward County, after weekend rain helped douse the flames.
The fire, which started Wednesday near the Miami-Dade and Broward county line, was 90% contained as of Sunday morning, according to Florida Forest Service Everglades District spokesman David Rosenbaum.
There were no visible signs of smoke from blaze, known as L-30, which has been contained on the eastern perimeter, before it reached U.S. 27.
“It appears to be winding down and a large part of that is because of rain showers over the last day with more on the way [Sunday],” said Rosenbaum, who added that forestry crews remain on the scene.
The fire was only 65% contained Saturday evening as it approached the intersection of U.S. 27 and the western end of Griffin Road. That intersection borders the eastern perimeter of Everglades Holiday Park, and northwest Pembroke Pines and southwest Weston.
The Holly Lake neighborhood in Pembroke Pines, the only residential area west of U.S. 27 in Broward County, had been under threat, but “we burned out the fire before it reached Holly Lake and redirected it away,” Kevin MacEwen, district manager for the Florida Forest Service Everglades District, said Saturday.
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