Wildfire Burning in Everglades National Park (April 28th)

As someone with a special fondness for the Everglades in Florida, I was saddened to read about a wildfire that is currently burning in the Everglades, see this April 28th Facebook Post from Everglades National Park for more information and a couple of photographs.. As I write this post this wildfire has burned approximately 2,500 acres. US Route 41 aka the Tanami Trail remains open at this time but some parking areas and facilities are closed at this time. Note that I have embedded this post from the Everglades National Park below but depending on your browser you may not be able to view it, in that case refer to the link that I have shared

      

2026 Wildfire Season in Florida (April 22nd)

Direct link to video on YouTube from the Florida Forest Service

Obtained on April 22 from https://www.weather.gov/jax/

As some of you know, I care about Florida so I try to pay attention to wildfire danger in Florida. Yesterday (April 21st) I saw a Facebook post from the Florida Forest Fire Service about the Railroad Fire. As of April 21st, the Railroad Fire as burned approximately 4,112 acres and was at 50 percent containment. Aerial resources that worked that fire included helicopters with buckets. Super Scooper aircraft and other air tankers. I commend the wildland firefighters on the ground as well as support personnel for their work, supported by aerial resources, in working this fire. 

However, extreme wildfire danger in Florida continues exacerbated by an eighteen month extreme drought that may not let up until rainy season (if does indeed arrive) at the end of June. To hear more about the wildfire danger in Florida please take several minutes to listen to this April 21st press conference  from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services where officials discuss the Railroad Fire. The video is eighteen minutes with a question and answer period that starts about halfway through the video. The video is about eighteen minutes long with a question and answer period beginning about halfway through the video.

The Florida Forest Service has a nice webpage that may be found here with a variety of links where you can learn about wildfires, prescribed fire, recreation, forest conservation and protection and a section for forest landowners.

Thanks to a friend of mine from Florida who sent me a couple of links with April 21st media coverage of wildfires from News4Jax

• Brantley wildfire in southeast Georgia that has burned 5,000 acres and destroyed 47 residences
• Burn ban in Jacksonville FL area
• Wildfires create their own weather

Florida: Aerial Prescribed Burns and Single Engine Eagle Helicopter

Direct link to Dec. 2025 video from VerticalPlus on YouTube

I know how important prescribed burning is as a tool to manage wildfire danger. As some of you may know, I consider Florida to be one of my special places so I have an interest in following how they fight wildfires. I enjoyed the video that I am sharing here from VerticalPlus about Florida's prescribed burning program and their use of an Eagle single engine helicopter. The state of Florida uses this Eagle single engine helicopter that has been converted from a twin engine to a single engine helicopter, for aerial prescribed burns because of its efficiency. I learned more about Florida's aerial prescribed burning program.

Firefighting Aerial Operations in Florida

Direct link to December 2025 video from Vertical Magazine

For reasons I won't get into here, I have had a special interest in the Florida environment, in particular the Everglades, for over twenty-five years. During a trip to Florida about 12 years ago, I spent a couple of days in and near the Everglades. I can not adequately describe how special it was when I got to visit the Everglades  that I had loved for so long and continue to love. 

Every so often I like to take the opportunity to focus a blog post on wildfires in Florida. In this case it is how State of Florida aerial resources are used to aid wildfire detection, prescribed burning and to assist the wildland firefighters on the ground fight wildfires. In the video that I am sharing the focus is on the Eagle Single helicopter. Their fixed-wing aircraft are the eyes on the sky for the helicopters and the crews on the ground. There are other areas in Florida besides the Everglades where wildfires have burned.

Added on January 23rd, I apologize for the duplicate post of this video. I just realized that I had already shared this video in early December.

About Aerial Firefighting in Florida Including a look at the "Eagle Single" Helicopter

Direct link to December 4th Video from Vertical Magazine on YouTube

As you may know, Florida is special to me so I am always on the lookout for how Florida fights wildfires. I struck gold yesterday thanks my friends at the NJ B10 NJ Wildland Fire Page for sharing this video about Florida's aerial firefighting strategy on their website yesterday. As soon as I watched this video I knew that I wanted to share it with you. I knew that Florida does a lot of prescribed burning but did not know that the did more than 48 states combined. I saw how they use helos to help the wildland firefighters on the ground fight wildfires as well as their use of airplanes to oversee aerial operations. Finally I learned about the "Eagle Single" helicopter, new addition to their fleet.

Airbus H125 Helicopter - Flagler County Florida

Direct link to video from Just Helicopters on YouTube 

Flagler County, Florida courtesy of Google Maps

I was reading the July/August 2025 issue of Aerial Fire - The Aerial Firefighting Magazine earlier this week, the cover story focuses on Flagler County Florida’s new helicopter, the Airbus H125 

For 22 years Flagler County Florida had an AS350B3 multi-mission helicopter. This helicopter was recently replaced with an Airbus H125. The H125 keeps the FireFlight name. According to Aerial Fire

The Airbus AS350 Écureuil series, alongside its modern successor, the H125, has become a cornerstone of aerial firefighting efforts across North America. As climate volatility intensifies, the frequency and severity of wildfires, particularly across the western United States and parts of Canada, are increasing. Consequently, the demand for highly versatile, reliable, and high-performance rotorcraft has never been greater. Among the platforms meeting this demand, the H125 has emerged as an undisputed leader, recognized globally for its exceptional capabilities in demanding mission profiles.

While FireFlight is used for aerial firefighting and prescribed burns, there are other uses for FireFlight. This includes but is not necessarily limited to search and rescue, taking accident victims to trauma centers, public safety flights, storm reconnaissance, and law enforcement.

Among the features of the H125 according to the Aerial Fire article:

• precision water and foam drops with a 210 gallon bucket
• in flight foam injection into the bucket
• crash resistant fuel systems improves pilot and crew survival
• FM radios to facilitate communication with ground crews
• alert sirens for discharge safety
• modern avionics
• interchangeable equipment for multi-mission uses.

After reading the article,  I was very impressed with Flagler County’s new H125 FireFlight helicopter. They are one of only two Florida Counties with their own helicopter, the other county being Miami-Dade. I don’t quite know how long the link to this article will be accessible, happens sometimes. If possible, I hope that you take the time to read this wonderful article. I commend Flagler County and the pilots, crews, and maintenance team for using FireFlight to keep their residents and business owners safe.

2022 winter prescribed (aka controlled) burns

In my wonderings over the last several days I have been reading about various States and agencies here in the United States conducted prescribed burns, sometimes referred to as controlled burns. Simply while the management and technique to conduct these prescribed burns will vary, these prescribed burns are well thought out and planned ahead of time to burn away fuels so that if a wildfire were to later occur it will hopefully be less severe. These burns are weather dependent, they will be conducted on days favorable for prescribed burns. 

Examples of recent planned prescribed burns, thanks to Mike Archer of Wildfire News of the Day for pointing me to these media articles referencing prescribed burns:

• California: two prescribed burns planned in San Bernardino National Forest, Desert Sun (February 2, 2022)
• Southwest Florida: importance or prescribed burns: WGCU NPR, (February 2, 2022)
• New Mexico: prescribed burn planned for Bandelier National Monument, New Mexico Fire Information, (February 3, 2022)
• North Carolina: prescribed burn planned in Croatan National Forest, WNCT9 (February 3, 2022)

I expect that there are other prescribed burns planned that I do not know about.

I found a nice video, thanks to my friends at the NJ Forest Fire Service Section B10 website, who shared this video from the Museum of Arts & Sciences where Rangers from the Florida Forest Service answer questions about fighting wildfires and prescribed burns. They reference the difference between fighting wildfires in Florida versus prescribed burns. You will hear fromPeter Scalco, Senior Forest Ranger and Will Raulson, Forest Area Service. Mrs Scalco and Raulson are with the Florida Forest Service. Allow about eleven minutes for the video. Remember that this video is about how the Florida Forest Service fights wildfires and conducts prescribed burns. What happens in your State may be different.

Direct link to video by the Museum of Arts & Sciences (Daytona, FL)

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2021 wildfire season: Port St. Lucie Fl brushfire

 In my reading of wildfire activity in the United States the last couple of days, I have been focusing on what is happening on the east coast a 94 acre brush fire near the Spanish Lakes community in Port St. Lucie, Florida caught my eye. Partly because I am interested in the Florida environment but also because of the video that I share below with a discussion of one of the lightning strikes that started the fire. 

I will reflect on my thoughts about the video, but first a little about this brush fire in Port St. Lucie. According to this May 10th report from NBC 5 WPTV in West Palm Beach Florida: as of Monday afternoon the brush fire which was first reported on Sunday afternoon had burned 94 acres, three homes and two vehicles were damaged. Fortunately there were no injuries. Evacuations were in place on Sunday afternoon and evening for nearby residential communities. According the the Florida Forest Service - Active Wildfire Points Dashboard (see the screen shot), the brushfire burned a total of 104 acres and is contained.

Screen shot taken at 1120 AM on May 12, 2021 from this FL Forest Fire Service Dashboard

My friends from NJFFS Section B10 posts three or four videos of wildfire news from around the U.S. on their home page day. At times they also post wildfire videos from around the world. On May 10th, they shared to following video from WPBF 25 in West Palm Beach FL with a May 10th update about the Port St. Lucie brushfire. As I stated earlier, this brushfire was started by a lightning strike. I have have had lightning strike a tree on my property and am familiar with the scars that lightning causes. I am, of course, aware that lightning is one cause of brush and wildfires. Until now, I had not had the benefit of seeing a knowledgeable wildfire fighter show us ad explain how a lightning strike sparked a brushfire.

Direct link to video from WPBF 25

Dozers working wildfires in Florida

One of the types of equipment that wildland firefighters on the ground use to fight wildfires are bull dozers. In the theory that a picture is worth a thousand words, I wanted to find some footage for you. And as I am from the east coast of the United States, I wanted to find some footage of dozers from one of the east coast states. I was in luck when I found three short videos showing dozers in action from Florida. As with any type of wildland firefighting, working a dozer is not without some risk. Kudos all dozer operators. Thanks for keeping us safe.

Direct link to video from Bill Oke

Direct link to video from First Due Fire Photography

Direct link to video from First Due Fire Photography

Southern Wildfire Status (FL & OK): March 30th

I have continue to follow the Oklahoma Forest Fire Service Fire News Blog, a good source because they post copies of their Daily Situations Posts on this blog. I noticed earlier this week that the wildfire activity in Oklahoma appeared to diminish. The decrease in wildfire activity in Oklahoma has apparently continued the rest of this week. I asked my friend at the NWS Norman Oklahoma about this in an e-mail a couple of days ago. He told me that for much of Oklahoma it seems that wildfire season may be over he had two caveats. One is that wildfire season may not be over in the High Plains of West Texas and perhaps for far western Oklahoma. The second caveat is that in some persistently dry years wildfires sometimes re-emerge in May. Fingers crossed that doesn't happen.

But as wildfire season may be diminishing in Oklahoma and environs, wildfire season has been underway in Florida for at least the last two or three weeks. In the last few days, I noted the news of two larger wildfires: one is an 8,000 plus acre wildfire that is burning in Gulf County in northwest Florida, see this report (with video) from News Channel 7 WGHJ for more information.

Then there is the 16,876  acre wildfire in Collier County, see this report from the NapleNews for more information.  Here is video from the Collier Sheriff of one of their helicopters with a bucket working the wildfire in Collier County.


Direct link to Youtube Video from the Collier Sheriff

As of Thursday afternoon, March 28th, there were 37 active wildfires burning statewide in Florida for a total of 32,874 acres burned, go to this Facebook Post that the Florida Forest Service shared on their Facebook page on March 29th to see a map of wildfire locations.

Parliament Fire in Cypress Preserve (FL) update

March 23rd, 8 AM. According to an update from the Big Cypress NPS posted on their Facebook page about 11 PM on March 22nd (embedded below), The Parliament Fire has burned 15,389 acres and is at 20 percent containment.

March 22nd, 8:30 PM. Thanks to my good friend from Florida who tipped me off that the Parliament Fire saw a significant increase in acreage burned today. Specifically, the Parliament fire has burned 11,009 acres and is at 15 percent containment. Reports that this fire was a prescribed fire that broke containment seem to be false (see Facebook Post from the Big Cypress NPS embedded below. The cause is under investigation. Aviation resources are being used to support the wildland firefighters on the ground.

A 61 mile section of the Tamiami Trail (US 41) was closed today from Everglades City to Miami at the request of officials in charge of fighting the wildfire.

For more information on the Parliament Fire see:

Miami Herald, March 22nd
News29 report, update March 22nd with video
Bill Gabbert from Wildfire Today, March 22nd

Florida Wildfires - March 22nd update

I wrote about the Lee Williams Road Fire on March 9th, according to today's (March 22, 2017) Morning Report from the Southern Area Coordination Center (SACC), the Lee Williams Road Fire is at 95 percent containment. Note the morning report is updated daily during wildfire season so what you see will likely be different. If my understanding of the SACC Morning Reports is correct, the current days Morning Report, in this case March 22nd, contains updated fire information for no later than the day before, in this case March 21st.

While I was on the SACC page this morning I noticed a Fuels and Fire Weather Advisory for South Florida released on March 10th. Drought conditions are leading to extreme fire concerns. See also this article from the Miami Herald, wildfire season could be hot and damaging, that a friend of mine sent me around the same time that also references wildfires that were then burning.

Obtained on March 22, 2017 from http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/environment/article137818613.html

I was wondering about the current wildfire situation in Florida, and found some information on today's (March 22nd) Morning Report from the SACC (Fire size information for March 21st). I begin with three wildfires because these three fires (and the Lee Williams Road Fire are mapped on some screen shots from today's GeoMac Wildland Fire Support Map Viewer (see below)

• Red Fox Fire, started on March 18th, burned 2,530 acres, 15 percent containment
• Parliament Fire, started on March 18th, burned 6,027 acres, no containment 15,389 acres with 20 percent containment. I wrote a later post with current acreage burned here. The latest update on the Parliament from the Big Cypress NPS (posted on the Big Cypress NPS Facebook Page about 10 PM on March 22nd has acreage burned of 15,389 acres with 20 percent containment
• Sonny's Fire, started on March 19th, burned 500 acres, 20 percent containment.

There were two other Florida Wildfires of 500 acres or more that I saw on this mornings Morning Report from the SACC (neither were mapped on Geomac but were mapped on the SACC map: 

• SR100 County Line Fire (Putnam County, west of Palm Coast), started on March 18th, burned 993, 75 percent containment
• Afternoon Fire (Miami Dade County, south of Homestead, near the border of the Everglades National Park), started on March 20th, burned 610 acres, 100 percent containment

I got two screen shots from Geomac for you, one for North Florida and the other for South Florida.

Obtained on March 22, 2017 from https://www.geomac.gov/viewer/viewer.shtml

Obtained on March 22, 2017 from https://www.geomac.gov/viewer/viewer.shtml

Wildfires in Florida - Lee Williams Road Fire (Collier County)

March 10th 5:10 PM update: The Lee Williams Road Fire that I wrote about yesterday, see below, remains at about 7,500 acres burned and is at 65 percent containment.



March 9th

Winter is wildfire season in Florida, as of March 9th, there were 59 wildland fires burning in Florida for a total of 16,511 acres, with eight being over 100 acres. See the map below that I obtained from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Wildland Fire Division.

Obtained on March 9, 2017 from

http://www.freshfromflorida.com/content/download/74707/2127803/wildfires2017_map_ActiveWildfires.pdf 

I have been thinking about the wildfires burning in Florida this winter, but had not yet written about Florida this winter. In the course of reading and following the awful wildfire outbreak in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas, I learned about a wildfire that is currently burning outside Naples Florida, in and near the Picayune Strand Forest in Collier County, FL. So, I knew that I had to spend a little time learning about what is going in Florida and to focus on the fire burning outside Naples known as the Lee Williams Rd Fire. That fire, started on Sunday, March 5th, the cause of the fire is under investigation, according to today's update from Collier County (see this March 9th report from Collier County, link live at the time I posted this article).

As of Thursday afternoon, March 9th, the fire had burned 7,500 acres and is at 50 percent containment. At least three residences and several outbuildings have been destroyed. Evacuations were in place earlier this week and were lifted Tuesday night or Wednesday. Portions of I-75 was closed at least twice. 

I found the following video, shot on Tuesday evening March 6th, on the Immokalee Fire Control District’s Facebook Page

And some photos shot and uploaded by Joey Weiner, a local photographer.

I understand that at least one air tanker and some helicopters have worked this wildfire and other wildfires in Florida. Video below from Joey Weiner

Here is a map of the Lee Williams Road Fire in the Picayune Strand Forest that I obtained from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Wildland Fire Division.

Map obtained on March 9th from

http://www.freshfromflorida.com/content/download/74708/2127808/wildfires2017_map_Lee_Williams_Rd.pdf

I'd like to close on a more personal note. As some of you may know, I have had a special affinity for the Everglades and environs in south Florida for quite sometime. About fifteen years ago I spent a week south of Orlando and during that week, I took a couple of days to drive to the Naples, where I stayed in a hotel near a gulf course and spent a wonderful day driving along the Tamiami Trail (south of I-75), and took a couple of tours of the Everglades, one on a boat that left from Everglades City. While I understand the importance of fire the Everglades ecosystem, I am saddened that some have lost their houses to the Lee Williams Rd Fire. I'd like to thank all the firefighters, on the ground and in the air for working this fire.

More information on wildfire in Picayune Strand Fores:

report with video and photos from NBC-2 

Fox4Now (March 9th)

Wildfires elsewhere in Florida:

ClickOrlando on wildfires in Orange County

Palm Beach Post on 85-acre wildfire in Palm Beach (March 7th)

WSVN report and video (March 6th) - 1,065 acre wildfire near Miami at 75% containment

Fighting the Mud River Complex of Wildfires in Big Cypress National Preserve FL

I have a special affection for the Everglades National Park and the Big Cypress National Preserve in South Florida. My interest in the Everglades stems from my time in graduate school when I did a lot of reading on South Florida, in particular the Everglades National Park and the Big Cypress National Preserve. I recall from my reading that fires have played an important role in the ecology of this region. My studies on South Flordia took place twenty-five years ago. My life took a different turn and I did not pursue my interest in doing more studies on the Everglades and the Big Cypress. That is life. However, my affection for that region of Flordia remains.

About thirteen years ago I spent Christmas week in central Florida. We took a couple of days and took a trip down to South Florida, staying outside of Naples. The day that we drove across Route 41 remains with me to this day. Unfortunately, the pictures that I took do not remain with me. I wish that I had some photos to share with you from that trip, if I can dig them up, I'll revise this post.

Driving across Route 41 was special, we took a side trip and drove through a portion of the Big Cypress Preserve. A special place.

I knew that there were a complex of wildfires, the Mud River Complex, that burned in the Big Cypress National Preserve this past May. The Mud River Complex of fires burned 30,000 acres in the Big Cypress National Preserve. The total acreage of the Big Cypress is 729,000 acres.  Bill Gabbert of Wildfire Today covered these fires on May 14th (maps), May 23rd, and May 25th (interviews with firefighters working the Mud River Complex. I checked Inciweb to find that they are no longer listing any information for the Mud River Complex.

When I saw that Bill Gabbert had shared a documentary film on the Mud River Complex in a September 24th post on Wildfire Today, I knew that I had to honor my affection for that part of Florida and share it with you. Perhaps those of you who follow Wildfire Today have already seen the video. If so, I think that it is worth watching again. The video is a little over ten minutes long. You will see some footage of helicopters working the wildfire as well as some aerial footage of some of the areas burned by the fire. I was especially struck by the work that went into saving areas were wildlife feed and raise their young. Here is the direct link to video that I am embedding below. Please go to the link and read more about this video by clicking more.

Florida - drought and wildland fire potential outlook

source: http://radar.srh.noaa.gov/fire/briefing.php (obtained on 1/8/11)

source: http://radar.srh.noaa.gov/fire/briefing.php (obtained on 1/8/11)

A while back a friend sent my a link to a Fire Weather Page (experimental) of the National Weather Service, it may be found here. So, I went there to see what information I could find about the elevated fire danger in Florida, and thought that two maps that I posted above might be of interest. In the map on the top, you can see that Florida, along with other areas in the south, is in an area where the drought is forecast to persist or intensify. In the second map, you will see that the wildland fire potential outlook for the month of January 2011, both Florida and Texas is estimated to be above normal.

The Southern Area Coordination Center (SACC) has an intelligence page with a variety of useful information, including U.S. year to date fire and acreage by state and agency that may be found here. According to the year to date figures for Jan, 7, 2011, there have been 93 wildand fires in Florida burning 1,292 acres and 6 prescribed burns at 14,272 acres. I'm not quite sure how often these figures are update, so when you go to that site, you may well find different numbers.


Another document of interest at the SACC intelligence page is the U.S. Year to Date Large Incidence List dated January 7, 2011 (again, what you see may be different), there have been three large fires in Florida year-to-date.

• New Years Fire (FL-FLS-2011-08-0848), burning 25 acres with 4 structures destroyed,
• Deep Cypress Fire (FL-FLS-2010-18-0213), burning 684 acres, and
• Black Bear Fire (FL-FLS-2011-17-0005), burning 300 acres.

All were human caused. They report start and ending dates. The three fires burned for about one day. The ending dates for the Deep Cypress and the Black Bear Fires were Jan. 6, 2011 with a start date of Jan. 5, 2011. The New Years Fire started on Jan. 1, 2011 with an ending date of Jan. 2, 2011.

My only concern in discussing these numbers is that I have no historical data to compare them with. Also, it is only one week into the New Year, so it is still early. Time will tell if Florida was a bad winter fire season or not.

Perhaps some of you will want to check out the SACC intelligence page later to see what is going in Florida.

The State of Florida has a fire information page with links to a map and a daily summary. I can not get the daily summary page to work in either of the browsers on my Mac, so I am not linking to it here. Perhaps those of you with PCs will have better luck. I can access Florida's mapping page which I can access with Firefox, but it requires you to get Microsoft's silverlight plug-in. You will want to read the instructions for their mapping system first which may be found here. They do have a link to mapping system that does not require silverlight that may be found here.

Elevated fire danger in Florida

Florida has been near and dear to ever since studied the history of the Everglades in graduate school. So, knowing that winter is fire season in Florida, I was on the lookout this morning for what is happening in Florida wildfire wise.

Bill Gabbert of wildfire today wrote here about the Three Forks Fire that was burning in Florida in late December 2010. This was a 4,000 acre that firefighters were fighting with a 9,000 acre burnout. At the time Bill posted his article, the fire was 85 percent contained.

Then I was reading the wildland fire hotlist forums, I saw this post about dry conditions in the southern part of the US, with a link to this Daytona Beach News Journal Article about drought conditions and elevated fire danger.

After reading the Daytona Beach News Journal Article, I went to the webpage of Florida's Wildland Fire and Fire Prevention Agency where I saw a report predicting increased fire danger in Florida in 2011, it may be found here.

I will try to follow what is happening in Florida and elsewhere down south in regards to wildfire activity over the coming weeks.

Added at 2:45 PM on Jan. 8, 2011. I just did a google search to try to find out happened with the fire, Three Forks Fire, that Bill Gabbert wrote about. According to this news report (with photos) , the fire was contained at 13,000 acres on Dec. 31, 2010.

Fighting Wildfires in the Everglades

I found this slide show of fire fighting equipment on the Everglades National Park website. If you put your cursor at the top of the photo during the slide show you will see the caption.

I suspect that some of the equipment is the same for all wildfires. However, one piece of equipment that you will see is called a flapper. It looks to me like it is made to fight fires in grasslands. Then again what do I know?

For photos of the Mustang Corners see incaweb and this photo gallery on the Everglades National Park webpage.

Wildfires in Florida in May 2008

On or about May 14, 2008 wildfires started burning in the Everglades National Park in South Florida. By the time the fires were contained in early June, just over 39,000 acres were burned. Known as the Mustang Corners fire, this fire followed a series of fires in the Palm Beach area, in Brevard County south of Daytona Beach, that burned 12,000 acres. Other fires included about 19,000 acres on the south end of Lake Okeechobee, 1,300 acres in the Florida panhandle near Apalochicola, 257 acres in the Ocala National Forest in Central Florida and a couple of smaller fires in the Everglades National Park.

Information on the Mustang Corners fire in Everglades National Park may be found here and here. The two smaller wildfires in the Everglades National Park are very briefly referenced in this press release. A CNN report on May 18 reviews the then current status of the Mustang Corners fire as well as other Florida wildfires. What is probably the final incident report on the Mustang Corners fire may be found on InciWeb. Inciweb goes down periodically so if the link does not work, try back again later.

Damage reports for the Brevard Çounty wildfires may found in this press release issued by the Brevard County Office of Emergency Management. They report that 194 buildings were affected by these wildfires with 42 residences being destroyed.

CNN reports on the arrest of a man alleged to have caused some of the Brevard County fires. Both InciWeb and the National Park Service report that the Mustang Corners fire was caused by humans.