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Firefighters Battle Two Wildland Fires Near Cantonment
December 4, 2016
Firefighters from multiple department battled two wildland fires in the Cantonment area Saturday night.
The Florida Department of Forestry estimated the first fire off Quintette Road to be 15 acres. The forest service had a tractor/plow on the ground by 7:30 p.m. and reported to have control of the fire by 7:53. The fire was contained by8:38 p.m.
The fire burned in an area bordered roughly by Quintette Road, the eastern end of South Chipper Road and Frank Ard Road.
The second fire on Branch Cross off River Annex Road burned about two acres. Firefighters from Escambia Fire Rescue brought the fire under control, while the Florida Division of Forestry plowed a line around the blaze.
There was no word on what sparked either blaze. There were no injuries, and no structures were damaged. A burned-out pickup truck was found in the woods following the first fire.
Pictured top and below: A wildland fire burn about 15 acres Saturday night in a wooded area off Quintette Road in Cantonment. Pictured below: A truck found burned out in a wooded area. Pictured bottom: Firefighters stand by to protect several home on Frank Road. NorthEscambia.com photos by Kristi Barbour, click to enlarge. Pictured inset: A wildland fire burns on River Branch Saturday night. Reader submitted photo by Crystal Croll, click to enlarge.
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8 Responses to “Firefighters Battle Two Wildland Fires Near Cantonment”
RE: WHISPERJET
The article does not specify what started the blaze. It’s winter and people would be burning even with a ban. Many, many possibilities could have started this fire, including the burned out pickup truck.
..WHEN ARE THE COMMISSIONERS OR WHOM EVER IS IN CHARGE GOING TO CALL FOR A BAN ON. OUTSIDE BURNING..THERE ARE MANY HOMES IN THE AREA IN OUTLYING AREAS NEAR LARGE WOODLANDS THAT WOULD NOT SURVIVE A LARGE WILDFIRE..SOME ARE MILES FROM A FIRE HYDRANT..LEAF BURNING CAN WAIT UNTIL WE GET A SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL..THANKS WILLIAM FOR KEEPING THE WORD OUT. ..AND LET US ALL PRAY FOR RAIN.
Not long after another fire was started across from my moms house. It was located off River Bend in Molino. Thankfully Molino and Cantonment fire department and the Forestry department responded very quickly and were able to contain it and put it out. As of now they are bull dozering trees and burying all hot spots. We have an awesome fire and forestry team in the area.
Thankyou NorthEscambia.com for doing what other so called news papers and news stations around this area completely fail in doing and that’s actually reporting the news. You got the word out and people responded accordingly. Grateful no lives were lost and the Forestry Service and Fire Departments had the resources to do what needed to be done.
My husband, mother and myself were the ones to call and report the fire. We were heading home when we seen it. Thank you to the Firefighters and Forestery for all you do. And thank God it wasn’t any worse. I’m glad everyone is okay, especially their homes.
Thank you so much for reporting this! This square track area butts up against our property and with the winds the way they are, it could have been bad. In light of the tragic Tennessee fires, a thank you to the person who quickly called it in, the fire fighters and first responders. There was nothing on the local news and thanks to facebook we were alerted through your page. Thank you all.
That’s me! I am very thankful that they stopped it before it got to my house. And my house is on Quintette. Thank you to all who helped! Thanks to all fire fighters!
Prayers for the Firefighters and other First Responders and support crews.
We hope they’ll get control of this quickly and without any injury to themselves or great property loss.