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Florida wildfires: Rain brings brief relief
By Kelly McCleary, Nicole Chavez and Matt Rehbein, CNN
2 minute read
Updated 6:42 PM EDT, Sat April 22, 2017
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Gov. Scott praises wildfire recovery efforts
01:11 – Source: WBBH
CNN
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Scattered showers are giving an assist to firefighters battling wildfires in southwest Florida, but officials caution the threat isn’t over.
More than 115 wildfires were burning in the state as of Saturday morning, the Florida Forest Service said. Nearly 30,000 acres of the Sunshine State have been scorched.
Some mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted, but many residents still can’t return home.
The rain “is giving us a little bit of opportunity to get ahead,” Director of Collier County Bureau of Emergency Services Dan Summers said. But Summers cautioned that “doesn’t mean that we’re in the clear.”
“It takes an awful lot of water to put a fire out this big,” Summers said.
FEMA has approved two fire management assistance grants to aid the response in Polk and Lee counties, Florida Gov. Rick Scott
US
Florida wildfires: Rain brings brief relief
By Kelly McCleary, Nicole Chavez and Matt Rehbein, CNN
2 minute read
Updated 6:42 PM EDT, Sat April 22, 2017
fl wildfire gov scott sot_00001201.jpg
Gov. Scott praises wildfire recovery efforts
01:11 – Source: WBBH
CNN
—
Scattered showers are giving an assist to firefighters battling wildfires in southwest Florida, but officials caution the threat isn’t over.
More than 115 wildfires were burning in the state as of Saturday morning, the Florida Forest Service said. Nearly 30,000 acres of the Sunshine State have been scorched.
Some mandatory evacuation orders have been lifted, but many residents still can’t return home.
The rain “is giving us a little bit of opportunity to get ahead,” Director of Collier County Bureau of Emergency Services Dan Summers said. But Summers cautioned that “doesn’t mean that we’re in the clear.”
“It takes an awful lot of water to put a fire out this big,” Summers said.
FEMA has approved two fire management assistance grants to aid the response in Polk and Lee counties, Florida Gov. Rick Scott
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