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| BRUSH FIRE CLOSE TO HOME #2 |
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WENGNews writes, "A DOWNED POWER LINE CAUSED THE BRUSH FIRE THAT CONSUMED OVER 100 ACRES IN THE ENGLEWOOD FARM ACRES AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON, BUT FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS INJURED. FIREFIGHTERS FROM VENICE, NORTH PORT, NOKOMIS, BOCA GRANDE, SARASOTA AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES, AND ENGLEWOOD ALONG WITH THE DIVISION OF FORESTRY BATTLED THE FAST MOVING BLAZE THAT STARTED JUST AFTER 3:15PM. THE FIRE STARTED IN ENGLEWOOD FARM ACRES, BUT WINDS GUSTING OVER TWENTY MILES PER HOUR QUICKLY ALLOWED THE FLAMES TO JUMP RIVER ROAD, WHICH WAS CLOSED FOR SEVERAL HOURS ALONG WITH WINCHESTER BOULEVARD. FIRE LINES ARE STILL BURNING TODAY, AND ENGLEWOOD FIRE DISTRICT BATALLION CHIEF RUSTY MCCORD TOLD US THERE IS SOME CONCERN ABOUT FLARE-UPS. WHILE FIREFIGHTERS WERE ON THE FRONT LINES BATTLING THE FIRE FOR MORE THAN FOUR HOURS, A FAMILIAR SIGHT FOR SORE EYES ARRIVED ON SCENE, AND MCCORD WAS VERY THANKFUL FOR THAT. MOST OF THE ENGINES FROM OTHER MUNICIPALITIES WERE RELEASED AT AROUND 7PM, BUT THE BRUSH TRUCK REMAINED TO HELP WITH ANY HOT SPOTS. "
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Posted on Mar 19, 2008 06:11am.
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