Wildfire in Okeechobee, Florida

Wildfire May 27, 2017 · Okeechobee, Florida

$10K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

The Florida Forest Service reported that a 185 acre wildfire in northern Okeechobee County destroyed one mobile home and damaged another mobile home. Initial evacuation orders were issued for other residents living nearby, but those were lifted and residents allowed to return home once the fire was contained.

The wider storm

A high pressure ridge was in place over Central Florida, resulting in light west winds and minimum relative humidity values between 25 and 30 percent. A wildfire destroyed a mobile home and damaged a second one in northern, rural Okeechobee County.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 694640. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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