Firefighters Find Charred Body While Extinguishing Wildfire in South Florida

OSTEEN, Fla.—Firefighters found a charred body after dousing a brush fire in south Florida on Sunday, while fire crews elsewhere in the drought-stricken state battled wildfires that temporarily closed a highway and forced some residents to be evacuated from their homes. Pompano Beach Fire Rescue crews were extinguishing a blaze when they discovered the body, and officials said they couldn’t determine whether the person was male or female, WTVJ-TV reported. Firefighters said some people had been living in camps in the wooded area, but weren’t sure if the victim had been living there. Pompano Beach fire investigators, the state fire marshal, and the Broward County Sheriff’s Office were investigating the cause of the fire and the death....