Smoke From Smoldering Fire Near Ransom Middle Fills Cantonment Neighborhoods

December 15, 2014

Smoke filled several Cantonment neighborhoods overnight in the Ransom Middle School area. The smoke was from a smoldering field fire that was contained Sunday afternoon.

Firefighters were called to the field behind Ransom Middle School about 2:30 Sunday afternoon and declared that the fire was contained by 3:10 p.m. The fire consumed about 10 acres of land and involved about 30-40 large bales of hay. There were no structures involved or damaged.

The bales of hay continued to smolder into the night, producing a lot of smoke and visibility problems in the Kingsfield Road area.

Shortly before 11 p.m. Sunday, a check on the area by Escambia Fire Rescue found that the smoldering areas and burning hay bales were still well within a fire line that was plowed earlier in the day by the Florida Forest Service. The fire posed no danger of escaping the fire line.

Officials were expected to monitor the fire site throughout overnight hours.

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One Response to “Smoke From Smoldering Fire Near Ransom Middle Fills Cantonment Neighborhoods”

  1. MJay on December 15th, 2014 9:49 am

    This smoke made it across the bay to Pace. You could see a haze and smell it in my house.

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