DEEP SEATED BRUSH FIRE IN CEDAR HAMMOCK
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Photo by CIRONE PHOTOSFirefighters hitting the flanks
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Photo by CIRONE PHOTOSKeeping the fire out of the Mobile home park in the foreground
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Photo by CIRONE PHOTOSThe area was recently roller chopped which'd caused a heavy smoke condition.
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Photo by CIRONE PHOTOSLadder# 219 hitting the head keeping the fire out a big stand of pines
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Photo by CIRONE PHOTOSFires knocked East Manatee Brush Unit# 665 hitting hot spots
As the calendar changed to August the weather from July didn’t, record heat and low humidity covered the state. Cedar Hammock Fire District was called to a smoke condition around the 600 Block of 14th Street West, a column of smoke was visible to units while responding. Once on scene unit’s had to find a way into the fire, multiple Commercial buildings and a Mobil Home Park were exposures. A deck gun was put in service as Firefighters hand lay hose in to the fire.
East Manatee Fire District was called in Mutual Aid for a Brush Truck. Manatee County EMS set up rehab as the heat index reached over 100 degrees. Around 2.5 acres burned and no improved property was lost.