A burn ban is now in effect in DeSoto County, prohibiting open burning unless authorized by the Florida ... Safety Department. All outdoor burning not permitted by the forest service is prohibited ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers ride a flats ... By Pedro Portal Homestead, FL- Florida Forest Service Helicopter gathers water from a retention pond behind Homestead ...

According to Davie Fire Rescue, suppression units from their department, the Florida Forest Service and Broward Sheriff's Office Fire Rescue are on the scene and actively working to bring the fire ...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Drought ... there were 86 active wildfires burning 3,092 acres across Florida — including two in Osceola and four in Lake, according to the Florida ...

Lee County has enacted a burn ban for unincorporated Lee County and municipalities effective immediately due to increasingly dry conditions throughout Southwest Florida. The county’s ordinance bans ...

"We are deeply concerned about the ongoing hot and dry conditions that have significantly increased the risk of wildfires in our community,” said Manatee County Commission Chair ... burn restriction ...

A 270-acre wildfire sparked Tuesday in Volusia County, east of Lake Helen and Deltona, sending massive plumes of smoke into the air, according to the Florida Forest Service and Volusia County Fire ...

TELLER COUNTY — Teller County Commissioner Dan Williams said a Forest Service employee recently revealed the agency was facing a 40% reduction in firefighting capability in the state of Colorado ...

"Wildfire names are generally based on the geographic location of the fire or a nearby geographic feature," according to Tim Brown, communications manager with the Florida Forest Service in an email.

according to the Florida Forest Service. There may be slightly fewer fires burning — there were 92 on Tuesday — but they're affecting more acres than 24 hours ago, when 2,900 acres were affected.