A pair of wildfires burning in the Florida Everglades grew in size as they sent heavy plumes of smoke across southeast Florida.

Morgan Rynor reports the National Weather Service said the smoke will continue to impact Broward County on Thursday, with some smoke also possible in portions of Palm Beach and Miami-Dade counties.

A wildfire burning in the Florida Everglades sent the smell of smoke and haze into the air across South Florida early Wednesday.

Wildfires in the Everglades, which started on Wednesday, continue to impact South Florida as the fires continue to burn across thousands of acres. Smokey conditions were reported early Wednesday around 2 a.

Smoke from two brush fires burning in the Everglades are drifting over Fort Lauderdale and the western Broward County suburbs on Wednesday morning.

CBS12’s Victoria De Cardenas had traffic camera footage from Alligator Alley, where thick smoke still lingered despite some flames appearing to die down. Aerial footage from Wednesday showed the fire’s aggressive spread.

Eve Samples, executive director of Friends of the Everglades, hopes the judge rules to temporarily stop "Alligator Alcatraz" from expanding.