Wildfires

The fire is 40% contained, thanks in part to recent rain.

Nearly 200 firefighters, more than 70 bulldozers and at least 10 aircraft have been working to contain three wildfires.

More than three inches of rain fell last night over a massive wildfire in northwest Florida, but the fire hasn't gotten smaller.

The Bertha Swamp Road Fire in Bay, Gulf and Calhoun Counties is 28,109 acres, growing from 14,000 acres on Monday afternoon.

Three wildfires that started over the weekend are still threatening neighborhoods in Bay County.

Wildfires swept through the Florida Panhandle county over the weekend, near where Hurricane Michael made landfall and thousands of acres of tree debris remain on the ground.

Firefighters work to contain three wildfires in Bay County as high winds and dry conditions make their efforts more challenging.

The United States Department of Agriculture highlighted the western half of Central Florida as “abnormally dry” last week.

After wildfires burned hundreds of homes and thousands of acres in Florida about 20 years ago, Sarasota County commissioners determined that prescribed burns were needed to keep communities safe.

La Niña is going to lead to drier and warmer conditions across the Sunshine State during the winter months, which could help fuel an active wildfire season.

FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell took over the agency in April, just before another above average hurricane season forecast and the start of another record wildfire season.

The wildfires have burned more than 4,000 acres and closed a portion of I-95.