![]() Conditions are ripe for more.Įscambia County Emergency Management deployed its mobile command center to Panama City over the weekend at the request of Bay County officials as the multi-agency effort to contain the fires that broke out Friday continued to grow. Nine fires this week: There were nine wildfires in Northwest Florida this week. Local fire: Escambia firefighters and rain extinguish 2-acre brush fire near Perdido Bay Golf Course ![]() Firefighters received welcome assistance from some light precipitation. ![]() "We are seeing fire behavior and tendencies that we shouldn't see until mid-April."Įscambia County Fire Rescue quickly extinguished a 2-acre brush fire near Perdido Bay Golf Course Monday afternoon. "We are getting a little bit of rain this week, but this is going to be a long fire season for the entire Panhandle," said Joe Zwierzchowski, wildlife mitigation specialist and spokesman for Florida Forest Service. The more than 29,000 total acres of brushfire that continued to smolder in the Bay County area Tuesday are an unfortunate illustration of the hazards of a wildfire season that's raging ahead of schedule this year, according to fire officials. View Gallery: Panama City wildfires: Houses destroyed by Bay County fires
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