Wildfire in Glades, Florida

Wildfire January 1, 2019 · Glades, Florida

$10K

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

Hendry County EM reports a 40 acre wildfire in Glades County just north of La Belle. There were no reported injuries or evacuations. FFS Okeechobee District was on-scene and reported that the fire was fully contained. Two uninhabited mobile homes were damaged by the fire.

The wider storm

Dry conditions across South Florida allowed a wildfire to burn in Glades County. A wildfire started near LaBelle and burned around 40 acres. The wildfire destroyed two mobile uninhabited mobile homes.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 804735. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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