Florida Wildfire Burns 25,000 Acres Near Detention

Crews on Feb. 25, 2026, worked to contain a wildfire in South Florida’s Big Cypress National Preserve that has burned more than 25,000 acres. Smoke prompted periodic lane closures on Interstate 75’s Alligator Alley, while officials said the fire, about 20 miles west of the state-run “Alligator Alcatraz” detention site, posed no immediate threat and rising humidity aided containment.
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