NEW MAPS: April 21 wildfire updates
Staff report
This article will be updated as new information arrives.
ALACHUA COUNTY, Fla. – Three large wildfires are still active and are expected to remain active until we get “sustained, saturating” rainfall, according to Florida Forest Service; state officials announced this morning that the heightened fire risk in the area is expected to last for about 10 more weeks (probably through June).
Alachua County is under a Red Flag Warning today.
Alachua County has declared a local state of emergency, which removes some restrictions on purchasing equipment and allows for increased staffing, as well as preparing the Emergency Operations Center to open quickly, if needed.
Smoke is expected to persist in the area, and everyone is asked to call 911 if they see flames (but not just smoke) with no fire trucks nearby, as well as refraining from any activities that may spark new fires and cooperating with first responders.
Residents can text “ALACHUA” to 888777 for emergency alerts, and the County has activated Alachua County Ready with information about the fires.
State Road 26 fire
The State Road 26 fire covers 306 acres and is 65% contained.
North Main Street fire
As of 9:20 p.m. on April 21, the North Main Street fire is holding at 106 acres and is 50% contained.
NEW: North Main Street has been reopened.
State Road 121 fire
The State Road 121 fire is still holding at 25 acres and is 60% contained.
Tens of millions of dollars spent on Taj Mahal fire stations, fancy pump & ladder trucks, and hundreds of firefighters who work one day a week and get paid to sleep and workout. And Gainesville Fire & Rescue can’t even douse a small local brush fire. What’s the point of having them?
Being a septic should require thought.
Perhaps you should give it a try.
Nothing about your comment is even accurate. We should all be grateful for those who run toward danger to keep us and our property safe.
Brush fires/woods fires are a completely different animal then a structure fire. It requires more to contain a open brush fire that has fuel and winds. Be thankful these firefighters will ignore your lack of common sense and still do their jobs.
I still have to shake my head in dismay when I point that out to people and they say they are only condensation trails.
All people have to do is to LOOK UP.
Condensation trails are vapor and they DISSIPATE quickly.
Chemtrails are aerosol particulate matter and they DISPERSE until they disappear into a milky haze. This acts as a desiccant.
One must watch for a while, but eventually it becomes very easy to tell them apart. Too bad so many never bother to actually look.
I miss those beautiful blue skies with fluffy clouds from my youth, as they have been replaced by all these straight lines and crisscrosses in the sky with a gray/blue haze as the background.
Nothing will change until the majority are convinced that it’s real:
geoengineeringwatch.org
Fire requires a triangle to exist: oxygen, fuel and an ignition source. All these fire are man-made, either intentionally, or carelessly. I the case of the North Main Street fire, my bet is on the urban campers invited and encourages by the city commission .