FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — After nearly five days of spreading without containment, the three wildfires that erupted after lightning strikes last Wednesday were no longer burning, Florida Forest Service officials said Monday.
The 2 Alpha, 2 Bravo and L39 fires west of Sunrise and west of Boca Raton burned a combined total of 35,600 acres between Wednesday and Monday afternoon, said David Rosenbaum, public information officer and mitigation specialist for the Everglades District of the Florida Forest Service.
Rain over the weekend largely put the blaze out, Rosenbaum said. South Florida remains in its drier part of the year, still “a high part of our fire season” until the rainy summer season starts in mid-May into early June.
