Emergency crews are battling a brush fire that broke out Thursday morning behind a Costco in Boca Raton.
Aerial video from WPTV Chopper 5 showed multiple hot spots in the Yamato Scrub Natural Area at Congress Avenue and Boca Club Boulevard, just west of Interstate 95.
WATCH: Chopper 5 video of Boca Raton brush fire
Chopper 5 video of brush fire in Boca Raton
Firefighters from Palm Beach County Fire Rescue are surrounding the fire, but gusty winds are fueling the flames.
“With these high winds, definitely the hot spots can always spark back up,” WPTV aerial reporter Johann Hoffend said. “The wind is not helping at all for our firefighters battling this.”
The fire is burning in a wooded area just behind a Costco near Congress Avenue and Clint Moore Road.
While there are currently no road closures or delays on I-95 because of the fire, plumes of white smoke are spreading toward nearby roadways.
WPTV First Alert Weather meteorologist Steve Villanueva said winds on Thursday are gusting up to 40 mph, and that can quickly cause the flames to spread.
“The good news is that the humidity is increasing. So that helps when it comes to fire season. You definitely want more moisture in the atmosphere,” Villanueva said. “But we haven’t really picked up a lot of rainfall this dry season. So we do have a lot of dry brush around.”
WATCH: Steve Villanueva talks brush fire threat
WPTV First Alert Weather meteorologist Steve Villanueva talks brush fire risk
Villanueva added that South Florida’s “dry season” is expected to end around May 15. That’s typically around the time when daily thunderstorms will return and bring more moisture to the area.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.