The three biggest fires are in the Everglades in Broward and Palm Beach counties.
The L39 and 2Alpha fires, which are burning in Palm Beach County, burned approximately 16,550 acres, according to the U.S. Forest Service. And in nearby Broward County, the 2Bravo fire in the Everglades burned about 5,650 acres.
There are no reports of damage or burning structures in these fires.
Meanwhile, about 300,000 acres have burned this year in New Mexico – more than the last two full years combined.
The Hermits Peak / Calf Canyon fire – the largest in the United States this year and the second largest in New Mexico in at least 30 years – burned more than 165,000 acres by Thursday, destroying dozens of homes and could threaten more than 15,000 this week. officials said.
Much of the southwestern part has been subjected to a prolonged, severe drought, fueled by the climate crisis, which has caused critical fire conditions. Drought conditions have worsened over the past week in much of the southwest and south, deepening the water crisis and setting fires in several states, the US Drought Monitor reported in its weekly summary.
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