Forest fires continue to plague wooded areas around region

NORTH PORT — Area firefighters returned to Myakka State Forest on Thursday evening to fight another brush fire.

On Thursday afternoon, a brush fire broke out near the forest’s Jennings Boulevard park entrance on the Charlotte County border.

Englewood Fire Department crew with Brush 71 teamed up with the Florida Forest Service to get it under control…

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