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BRUSH FIRES BURN NEARLY 1,000 ACRES IN POLK COUNTY AS DRY WEATHER CONTINUES

By Carla Bayron
Published  June 6, 2024 6:01pm EDT
Polk County
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CREWS BATTLING SEVERAL BRUSH FIRES IN POLK COUNTY

Crews in Polk County contained a brush fire that threatened the jail in
Frostproof at one point. That’s just one of several fires, though, firefighters
are battling in the county. Carla Bayron reports.

RIVER RANCH, Fla. - Firefighters and the forestry service are working to put out
several brush fires that have burned nearly a thousand acres in Polk County. 

The fires started on the River Ranch Property in southeast Polk County and are
at varying degrees of containment -- from 60 to 95%.





"We're trying to get containment lines in around the fire to make sure there's
no way it can escape and get bigger," explained Todd Chlanda with the Division
of Forestry. 

RELATED: Crews working to keep brush fires away from homes in Polk County



The Florida Forestry Service is battling several brush fires in Polk County by
land and by air, dropping buckets of water onto the hot spots. The fires
altogether have burned nearly a thousand acres in the River Ranch area. Several
camps were lost but homes and lives were not threatened.

Courtesy: Melissa Taylor

"Just because conditions are so dry, the fires tend to throw more embers and
ashes," said Chlanda. "And with it being dry it doesn't take much to start a new
fire."

The fire leaped out of the River Ranch area and over Highway 630 into the Indian
Lake Estates area. Approximately 100 acres there have burned, but it's now about
95% contained.  

RELATED: Polk County issues burn ban as stretch of dry weather continues

The forestry service does have outside resources to fight the fire including
help from Polk County Fire Rescue and task forces from across the state made up
of dozers and brush trucks.

Chlanda says only widespread significant rainfall could improve these
conditions.

A brush fire on Thursday threatened a jail, but firefighters were able to
protect the structure. 

"Even if it rains two or three inches...we're so dry the vegetation's going to
absorb that real quick and within an hour or two we'll be right back to where we
are right now," said Chlanda.

Another brush fire threatened the South County jail in Frostproof on Thursday
afternoon, but firefighters protected the structure quickly. 

The causes of the fires are still under investigation.

The forestry service and firefighters will remain in the area for the rest of
the day and possibly through the weekend.

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