Huge wildfire tears across 650 acres of land in Florida Firefighters struggle to contain blaze

A huge wildfire spread across Hernando County overnight, west of Orlando. Fire crews were working to get the fire under control since the early hours of Sunday morning.

The Florida Forest believed as much as 650 acres are up in flames with just 20 per cent contained.

Officials say the wind has played a factor in the fire spreading.

‘It started as one fire and then the winds increased about 2:30 this morning. It did stop on the coast and then it became three small fires that are growing together,’ said Judith Tear with the Florida Forest Service said to BayNews9.

Although some roads are closed because of the smoke, there have so far been no reports of homes or buildings being threatened or any evacuations at this time.

Fire crews said that tackling the blaze was difficult because it is in a marshy area.

Source: Florida wildfire tears across 300 acres of land | Daily Mail Online