FLORIDA CITY, Fla. – Firefighters made progress battling a large brush fire in south Miami-Dade Saturday morning. Officials at a makeshift staging area just before the 18-Mile Stretch of U.S. 1 said their main goal, besides battling the wildfire, is to keep the roads open and to contain it to the area it’s at now.

Dry conditions and gusty winds have prompted the National Weather Service to issue a fire weather watch for Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties. The watch is in effect from Friday morning through Friday evening. The red flag warning for the day has been canceled, according to NWS.

A brush fire that sparked last Wednesday in South Miami-Dade County has grown and is posing a continuous threat to the two roads in and out of the Florida Keys. The Florida Forest Service estimates its currently 3,