TAMPA BAY FIRE REPORT.I TRIED POSTING THIS EARLIER PASTING A REPORT FROM ANOTHER SORCE.HOWEVER IT CAME OUT ALL JUMBLED. SO I'LL TYPE IT OUT MYSELF THISTIME. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL HAS RE-OPENED THE STRETCH OF I-75CLOSED LAST NIGHT WHILE FIRFIGHTERS BATTLED A WILDFIRE THAT BURNED ONBOTH SIDES OF THE HIGHWAY. THE FIRE BEGAN SUNDAY AND SMOLDERED UNTILSTRONG WINDS TUESDAY AFTERNOON CAUSED IT TO FLARE UP AND RUN OUT OFCONTROL. FIREFIGHTERS FOUGHT IT WITH LIMITED RESOURCES AND HAD TOCALL THE US COAST GUARD FOR ASSISTANCE USING ONE OF THEIR HELICOPTERSTO DROP WATER ONTO THE FIRE. THE ROAD IS NOW OPEN. THE FIRE IS STILLBURNING OUT OF CONTROL BUT HUMIDITIES ARE HIGHER AND WINDS LESSSTRONG TODAY, BLOWING IN ANOTHER DIRECTION, SO NONE OF THE HOMES THATWERE THREATENED LAST NIGHT SHOULD BE IN ANY DANGER TODAY. STILLRESIDENTS OF SARASOTA FLORIDA WHO ARE NEAR THE FIRE SHOULD CONTINUETO MONITOR THE SITUATION. SORRY THE LAST POST WAS SO GARBLED.HOPEFULLY THIS ONE CAME OUT BETTER. http://community-2.webtv.net/Art-Stevens/
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