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Fire Burning Near Alligator Alcatraz

  • Feb 26
  • 1 min read

A Florida wildfire has burned some 25-thousand acres east of Naples. The fire, discovered on federal land Sunday, is near the immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz." Officials say there is currently no threat to the facility. At last report the blaze was still zero percent contained. Smoke from the fire is creating a driving hazard along Interstate 75, an 80-mile stretch called Alligator Alley. Authorities say the fire was human caused.

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