Florida’s peak wildfire impacts usually occur from April through June. However, since January, more than 1,000 wildfires in the Sunshine State have burned 51,000 acres. In March, fire crews in ...

Florida’s peak wildfire impacts usually occur from April through June. However, since January more than 1,000 wildfires in the Sunshine State have burned 51,000 acres. In March, fire crews in ...

Earlier this month, Florida Commissioner of Agriculture Wilton Simpson and the Florida Forest Service warned Floridians that they needed to be ready for a potentially busy wildfire season after the ...

An aerial photograph shows a fire just west of New Smyrna Beach on Wednesday, April 16. (Ben Boocker/Spectrum News13) To prepare for more, Central Florida fire departments have started moving ...

Spring 1998 and 1999 were especially bad for wildfires in Florida. A 1999 fire in Port St. Lucie torched 2,400 acres and 43 homes. Wildfire suppression and prevention is headed by the Florida ...

APPROVAL. THE TIME RIGHT NOW IS 607. DROUGHT AND HIGH WIND CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO CAUSE FIRE CONCERNS HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, AND THE THREAT IS NOT GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON. WESH 2’S PAOLA ...

To prepare for more, central Florida fire departments have started moving heavy equipment and personnel into areas that are heavily wooded or have a lot of debris that can ignite quickly.

The dryness around Lake County and other central Florida counties has led to burn bans and red flag warnings to try to stop wildfires before they start. "It will not take much for a fire to take ...

A brush fire in Collier County Wednesday, March 26, sent residents fleeing as flames climbed high into trees behind their homes. Collier is one of 12 Florida counties with an average Keetch-Byram ...

"Wildfire names are generally based on the geographic location of the fire or a nearby geographic feature," according to Tim Brown, communications manager with the Florida Forest Service in an email.