UPDATE: As of Thursday, May 1, Fox Lake Park has been reopened in Titusville and the fire on St. Johns Water Management District is 100% contained. TITUSVILLE, Florida — A prescribed burn at the St. Johns’ National Wildlife Refuge that had jumped the fire lines Monday afternoon and sparked an uncontrolled 600-acre brush fire was 70% contained by 1 p.m. Tuesday.
The brush fire, which is located just west of Fox Lake Park near Titusville, Florida, was on 160 acres of Brevard County Environmentally Endangered Lands (EELs) and the remaining portion was on private property Monday afternoon. Crews from Brevard County Fire Rescue, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Florida Forestry Service, and the Titusville Fire Department began battling the blaze just after 4 p.m. on Monday. Around 10:30 p.m. on Monday, crews stopped battling the brush fire and have been monitoring the blaze overnight.
Crews resumed fighting the fire Tuesday morning which is now down to 272 acres as of 1 p.m. today, 200 of which is on EELs land.
No structures have been threatened by the brush fire.
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CONTROLLED BURN?DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THERE ARE DOING
St. Johns WMD has does quite a lot of prescribed burning for years, and they are quite good at it. They are tasked with managing the water which includes managing thousands of acres of pine forests. They use prescribed fire often to keep the midstory contained, keep the understory and the pines healthy, prevent catastrophic wildfire, etc.
CONTROLLED BURN?DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHAT THERE ARE DOING
St. Johns WMD has does quite a lot of prescribed burning for years, and they are quite good at it. They are tasked with managing the water which includes managing thousands of acres of pine forests. They use prescribed fire often to keep the midstory contained, keep the understory and the pines healthy, prevent catastrophic wildfire, etc.