Wildfire — Inland Broward County, Florida

2017-04-05 to 2017-04-07 · Inland Broward County, Florida

Event narrative

The Holiday wildfire started during the evening hours of April 5th near the Holly Lake mobile home community at the intersection of US 27 and Johnson Street in far western Pembroke Pines. Gusty winds on April 6th and 7th and dry conditions allowed for rapid spread of the fire, which reached 5500 acres by the evening of April 7th. Both Everglades Holiday Park and Mack's Fish Camp located near the fire were threatened and evacuated at times. Begin time and date is the first reporting time of incident, and end date/time is of last report from state emergency management.

Wider weather episode

Dry and windy conditions allowed for the rapid spread of the Holiday wildfire along the wild land/urban interface in western Broward County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 692694. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.