Dozens of wildfires, brush fires burn across Fla. counties

Tampa Bay Times

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. — Firefighters responded to a barrage of wildfires over the weekend in Hillsborough County, where heavy winds and dry brush spread one blaze across 350 acres in Wimauma.

It was the 14th wildfire that sparked in the county Sunday. Two more — one near Interstate 275 and another a few miles west — ignited after dark. More than 30 blazes broke out in nearby Polk County…

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