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Fires around
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About 3,500 acres continue to burn around
the
There are two fires in the marshy areas of Lake Okeechobee that are burning,
one is in the grass islands and is burning about 2,000 acres and the other
1,500 are in the Myakka Cut, said Jim Brenner, fire management administrator
for the Florida Division of Forestry.
"These are very marshy areas so it is
impossible for our people to get to it," Brenner said. "We are managing
any problems with the smoke and that's all we are able to do at this
time."
Brenner said the fire in the grass islands is threatening a small hunting camp
that is on stilts, but no homes or other properties are being threatened.
Although it is smoky on some of the roads and highways surrounding the fires,
no roads have been closed, but people are advised to be ready to pull off the
road if the smoke gets heavy.