Firefighters continue to monitor a site after an illegal campfire burned 36 acres and sent smoke across Cape Coral on Saturday, Feb. 28.
According to a social media post by Cape Coral Fire Department, they and the Florida Forestry Service had it 95% contained by late Saturday and monitored it throughout the night.
The fire had grown to about 14 acres about 1 p.m. Saturday when smoke created visibility problems and officials shut down Del Parado Boulevard near Kismet Parkway and Andalusia Boulevard…