Since starting Monday, the fire has burned over 42,000 acres, according to the Florida Forest Service. The “Mile Marker 39 Fire,” which is 10% contained as of Thursday afternoon.

A fire ignited in the Florida Everglades Monday, quickly burning a large area of the national park, alarming nearby residents.

The judge slammed the federal and state governments for not considering the environmental impacts of the facility.

A federal judge has issued a preliminary injunction halting further expansion of an immigration detention center built in the middle of the Florida Everglades and dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” as it winds down its operations in 60 days to comply with environmental laws.

The detention centre was hastily assembled in just eight days in June with bunk beds, wire cages and large white tents at an abandoned airfield in Florida’s Everglades wetlands, home to a large popula

A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration must halt construction and stop bringing new detainees to Florida's "Alligator Alcatraz."

If upheld on appeal, the ruling will significantly restrict the government’s use of the controversial site in the environmentally sensitive Everglades.

Judge Williams issued a preliminary injunction Aug. 21, saying the Trump administration should pack up Alligator Alcatraz and leave the Everglades.

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