The countywide burn ban, which had been in place for the past five weeks, has been rescinded. ...more

April 22, 2009

Officials have opened all roads in Pasco County closed this morning by smoke from a 300-acre brush fire. Smoke from the smoldering fire forced the sheriff's office to close Ehren Cutoff from State Road 52 to U.S. 41. ...more

March 30, 2009

Rain from an approaching front today dampened wildfires that raged in Saturday's dry, windy conditions and allowed firefighters to contain most of them. ...more

March 29, 2009

Investigators are calling a wildfire that blackened a square mile in east Hernando County suspicious and say it may have been deliberately set. ...more

March 24, 2009

Smoke shut down 10 miles of Interstate 75 in Sarasota County for six hours Saturday night into Sunday morning as a brush fire tore across more than 700 acres. ...more

March 23, 2009

The fire was reported around noon Sunday in the Withlacoochee State Forest, near the Richloam Clay Sink area. ...more

March 23, 2009

A wildfire that has scorched nearly a square mile of state forest land in Hernando County has closed State Road 50 east of U.S. 301 while smoke from another fire is spreading over New Port Richey. ...more

March 23, 2009

Firefighters have managed to secure an area in eastern Hernando County where a 600-acre brush fire threatened at least 50 homes. ...more

March 22, 2009

A seven-day, countywide burn ban was implemented Tuesday by the Highlands County commissioners. ...more

March 18, 2009

Highlands County officials, in conjunction with local fire departments and the Florida Division of Forestry, has implemented a countywide burn ban effective immediately. ...more

March 17, 2009