Fire Believed Under Control in Florida’s Big Cypress Preserve
Firefighters battling a 14,500-acre fire in Big Cypress National Preserve were confident Monday that the blaze had been brought under control, officials said.
“We feel confident that they will be able to hold the fire behind the containment line,” said Pat Tolle, a spokeswoman for Everglades National Park, which is south of the national preserve.
Firefighters also continued to monitor small, isolated fires within the boundaries of the national park, but those fires had not flared up Monday, Tolle said. A fire that spread over nearly 100,000 acres of the park was contained Friday.
Dry weather conditions coupled with holiday cookouts led park officials to fear further blazes throughout South Florida, Tolle said.
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