Wildfire burns in So. Florida state park

[Pastor Dale Morgan]

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Wildfire burns in So. Florida state park*

By UPI
Apr 24, 2007, 22:48 GMT

NAPLES, FL, United States (UPI) -- Smoke from a wildfire in a South
Florida state park could be seen and smelled for miles Tuesday as
firefighters struggled to contain the blaze.

The Picayune Strand State Park fire spread to more than 3,000 acres
Monday, the Naples Daily News reported. Gerry LaCavera of the Florida
Division of Forestry said that the fire had not spread significantly
since Monday night.

In downtown Naples, more than 10 miles away, people could smell smoke
and see bits of ash falling.

'Ashes are coming down like snow,' a resident e-mailed the newspaper.

This spring has been a bad one for wildfires in the southeast. Both
Florida and Georgia have had several large wildfires, with the worst a
major blaze on the edge of Georgia`s storied Okefenokee Swamp.

LaCavera said the Picayune Strand fire was about 25 percent contained
and firefighters hoped that new fire breaks would keep it from spreading
as winds pick up.