Wildfire Burns 40 Acres (With Photo Gallery)

March 16, 2013

Firefighters worked for a couple of hours late Friday afternoon to contain a wildfire near Nokomis.

The fire was reported about 4:16 p.m. on Nokomis Road, just east of Jakes Road. The wildfire is believed to have started as a control burn that jumped a fire line. It burned about 40 acres outside of the controlled burn area. There were no structures threatened by the fire.

For a photo gallery, click here.

The Walnut Hill Station of Escambia Fire Rescue responded to the fire, and the Florida Service service used a bulldozer to create a line around and contain the fire.

Pictured: A wildfire burned about 40 acres on Nokomis Road near Jakes Road Friday afternoon. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

Comments

4 Responses to “Wildfire Burns 40 Acres (With Photo Gallery)”

  1. Kayla on March 18th, 2013 6:46 pm

    Yea live right down the road not even a mile and seen the fire and thought they were doing a controlled fire since they’ve been burning everything else . Its still smoking today.

  2. Randon on March 18th, 2013 9:32 am

    Close to home!

  3. puddin on March 17th, 2013 8:05 am

    Saw that. Thought it was another controlled burn. Glad to hear no one was hurt.

  4. troubled on March 16th, 2013 8:20 am

    glad no one hurt

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