A brush fire burned for hours near a busy shopping area on Jacksonville’s Westside on Tuesday, prompting a response from Jacksonville Fire and Rescue.
Crews were called to a wooded area along Normandy Boulevard, directly next to a Publix grocery store. Thick smoke from the fire could be seen from nearly a mile away and lingered in the area as firefighters worked to contain the flames.
Video from the scene showed thick smoke filling the air near the store as firefighters worked in the nearby woods…