Fire chief: Mulch fire will burn for at least 1 more week
St. Lucie County Fire District Chief Nate Spera said it's going to be roughly another week before a mulch fire, which started on Aug. 25, is extinguished.
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St. Lucie County Fire District Chief Nate Spera said it's going to be roughly another week before a mulch fire, which started on Aug. 25, is extinguished.
The fire near Glades Cutoff Rd. and Rifle Range Rd. will likely need to burn itself out, according to St. Lucie County Fire District Chief Nate Spera.
"It’s a combination of things, it wasn’t just a simple lightning strike. It was a lightning strike, and the fuels were ready to go up. So, everything out here is ready to burn," said David Grubich, forest area supervisor of Florida Forest Service.
The Florida Forest Service expects the smoke to continue to rise from for the cinders for the next several weeks.
This was a large mulch fire and because of the large amount of mulch that burned, there will be heavy smoke in that area over the next several days, and possibly over the next few weeks.