LAKE PLACID - Florida Division of Forestry investigators now know what caused the wildfire in the Leisure Lakes community, but they're not releasing names or addresses yet.
Apparently, a resident was burning yard trash, and red-hot material escaped, eventually scorching almost 400 acres before more than 100 fire and support personnel with bulldozers and brush trucks could subdue the blaze in the woods behind hundreds of homes.
"We can take action, if we find the person who was liable," said Melissa Yunas, a wildlife mitigation specialist.
"It was accidental," she confirmed. "It was not arson."
Despite rain on Monday night and Tuesday, the fire is still smoldering, Yunas said. "It's 95 percent contained."
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