Firefighters have contained a brush fire in the Alafia River area, even though they were stymied by the unreclaimed phosphate mine landscape of steep hills and deep gullies. ...more

November 9, 2009

Expect the sight and odor of smoke today as the Division of Forestry burns about 200 acres in the Croom Forest. ...more

June 2, 2009

Alligator Alley will open for a few hours even as wildfires continue to pour over the highway. ...more

April 28, 2009

RIPEKA Crews from the Florida Division of Forestry are battling a 30-acre brush fire in the Withlacoochee State Forest's Homosassa tract at the north end of Indian Bay. ...more

April 25, 2009

Hernando Beach brush fire is growing, moving west ...more

April 25, 2009

Arbor Day celebration begins at 10 a.m. ...more

April 23, 2009

The countywide burn ban, which had been in place for the past five weeks, has been rescinded. ...more

April 22, 2009

Officials have opened all roads in Pasco County closed this morning by smoke from a 300-acre brush fire. Smoke from the smoldering fire forced the sheriff's office to close Ehren Cutoff from State Road 52 to U.S. 41. ...more

March 30, 2009

Rain from an approaching front today dampened wildfires that raged in Saturday's dry, windy conditions and allowed firefighters to contain most of them. ...more

March 29, 2009

One home was destroyed and three others have been damaged in a large brush fire north of Lake Wales, where 200 homes are being evacuated. ...more

March 29, 2009