Thank God for the recent rain. I can't believe that prescribed burns can get out of control so quickly, but then... they're playing with fire, aren't they?
After a prescribed burn in the Osceola National Forest escaped and torched 34,200 acres of timber and swamp land, the U.S. Forest Service is temporarily suspending prescribed burns in Florida's three national forests. (...) After a prescribed burn in the Osceola National Forest escaped and torched 34,200 acres of timber and swamp land, the U.S. Forest Service is temporarily suspending prescribed burns in Florida's three national forests. (...) The temporary ban on prescribed burns in the Osceola National Forest, Apalachicola National Forest and Ocala National Forest was ordered by Marsha Kearney, forest supervisor (...) The U.S. Forest Service also is temporarily reassigning one or more employees pending the outcome of a separate administrative investigation.
Prescribed fires are necessary for the health of the forests, so they're not going to go away. However, hopefully, they won't come too close (again), either.
