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Crews in Martin County say there are increased fire concerns on the Treasure Coast after two separate wildfires broke out in the county in a matter of days.
Drought conditions could diminish as a tropical system brings the risk of flash flooding.
It was just one of 15 brush fires in St. Lucie County over a two-day span as hot and dry conditions increased the threat of fires
In the Southwest Florida region, dry soil and warm temperatures have had wildland firefighters on “high alert” since last week.
Everywhere listeners can hear WGCU Public Media on the radio is within the Southwest Florida region where dry soil and warm temperatures have had wildland firefighters on “high alert” since last week. The Keetch-Byram Drought Index, a measure of the lack of moisture in the soil, has been showing the region increasingly parched during the last two weeks, another harbinger of wildfire. The indicators were right. New wildfires of about 30 acres each, one near Immokalee and the other on the Lee-Hendry county line, were reported early this week, and a seven-acre fire in Highlands County is cont...