Card Sound Road Still Closed Due To Nearby Brush Fire

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) - Card Sound Road is still closed in both directions due to a large brush fire burning in southwest Miami-Dade.

Drivers heading to, or out of, the Keys will have to take U.S. 1.

The very smoky fire is burning about half a mile from the roadway.

So far, more than 11,700 hundred acres have burned and the fire is about 70% contained.