Southern Wildfires (FL & TX): April 6th

Following up on the two Florida wildfires that I wrote about on April 2nd, according to today's Morning Report from the Southern Area Coordination Center, the Greenway Fire (17,957 acres burned in Collier County FL) is at 90 percent containment and the Firebreak 56 Fire (8,080 acres burned in Gulf County FL) is at 90 percent containment.

I read about the Spoonbill Fire in the Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida that has burned approximately 1,783 acres and was at 30 percent containment on April 4th.  It is located approximately two miles north of mile marker 69 on I-75, you may read more about the Spoonbill Fire from the Big Cypress National Preserve in a Facebook post they made on April 4th.

Moving on to Texas, the FM 294 Fire started on April 2nd and has burned 14,824 acres to date (per the Morning Report from the Southern Area Coordination Center). As I write this the last reported containment information is that it is contained at 80 percent. Four Airtankers and a couple of Helicopters worked the fire in support of the wildland firefighters on the ground. See this April 4th article from CBS 9 WFAB for a photo gallery and some information about the Tankers and Helos that worked the fire.