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FLORIDA WILD FIRES
Florida's beautiful scenery and warm climate, create severe wildfire conditions. Each year, thousands of acres of wildland and many homes are destroyed by fires that can erupt at any time of the year from lightning and debris burning.
Florida experiences fires on a cycle of every three to five years, from heavy vegetation and lightning. Florida's fires got national media attention in the 1920s that led to the creation of the Division of Forestry. The 1935 Big Scrub Fire in the Ocala National Forest, a fast spreading fire, burned 35,000 acres in 4 hours. In 1956, the Buckhead Fire burned 100,000 acres in Osceola National Forest in 24 hours. In the drought period of 1969 to 1976, fires in the Everglades again gained national attention, with some fires reaching 50,000 acres.
In 1985, Florida had its first serious wood land and urban interface fire with the Palm Coast Fire, which burned 250 homes.
In 1998, fires struck the same Palm Coast subdivision. 45,000 people were evacuated. These fires covered 50 of Florida's 67 counties and fire suppression organizations responded from 44 states. Deane and Chris lived through the great wild fires of 1998 as residents of Palm Coast. This was the worst event we have ever experienced. Our home was saved from burning by a group of North Carolina fire fighters, which we found ironic because Deane was born and raised in North Carolina.
Here are some photos Deane picked out that show this 2 month time in 1998 all over Florida.
Interstate-95 at Daytona Beach