Fast-moving wildfire engulfs 10,000 acres in Florida
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011 PropertyFirefighters in east central Florida were battling a massive, fast-moving wildfire early Tuesday that shut down roads and threatened neighborhoods, authorities said. By midnight, the blaze had engulfed 10,000 acres and at least one residence, the Brevard County Emergency Management Office said. Authorities shut down part of U.S. 1 and an 18-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Volusia and Brevard counties. The area is along Florida’s Atlantic coast in the east central part of the state, near Daytona Beach.
External References & Further Reading
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/03/01/florida.wildfires/index.html
