Wildfire in Inland Lee, Florida

Wildfire March 5, 2017 · Inland Lee, Florida

What the National Weather Service wrote

A fire that was initially started by children became out of control on the afternoon of the 5th and damaged 6 residences, and destroyed 3 vehicles and 2 boats. Fire crews got the fire under control later that evening, after a total of 405 acres were burned.

The wider storm

A fire started by children became out of control and damaged homes and vehicles before fire crews contained the fire later that same day.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 674660. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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