Jacksonville, FL — As conditions remain dry around Northeast Florida, two brush fires have sparked in Duval County.
The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department and Florida Forest Service of Jacksonville say crews are on scene of two fires at Main Street/US 17 and Yellowbluff Road, north of downtown. The north fire is 100% contained, but the south fire has dropped to about 25% containment at this time, after at one point being at 40% containment.
No structures are currently threatened by the south fire, but crews say it’s bumping up to I-95. They’re asking drivers to use extreme caution.
Photos from our partner Action News Jax show huge plumes of smoke from the area.
The #YellowBluffFire is bumping I-95 just north MM368. It is still estimated at 100 acres in size and containment remains at 25%. Firefighters are staged on both sides of the interstate pic.twitter.com/9UBdYxtQ7W
— FFS Jacksonville (@FFS_Jax) May 22, 2019
The #YellowBluffFire is estimated at 100 acres now and containment has been dropped to 25%. gusty east winds are pushing it toward I-95 and driver's need to slow down and use extreme caution
— FFS Jacksonville (@FFS_Jax) May 22, 2019
Firefighters working 2 wildfires off US 17 & Yellow Bluff Rd #YellowBluffFires the north fire is 100% contained by JFRD -unknown acreage. @FLForestService has the south fire 40% contained but it has burned into the marsh. A helicopter is inbound to help. No structures threatened pic.twitter.com/kdB5ruWwPf
— FFS Jacksonville (@FFS_Jax) May 22, 2019
ALSO BREAKING: Brush Fire off Main near Yellow Bluff. Images from @skyjax1 @ActionNewsJax @WOKVNews pic.twitter.com/An908Qx02y
— Tenikka Smith Hughes (@TenikkaANjax) May 22, 2019
#firstalertwx wildfire breaks out in Duval Co near Main St railroad tracks @WOKVNews @NWSJacksonville pic.twitter.com/9itkDKpkzX
— Mike Buresh (@MikeFirstAlert) May 22, 2019
Crews are working a brush fire at Main Street and Yellowbluff rd.....be careful in the area.
— MyJFRD (@JFRDJAX) May 22, 2019
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