2,173 acres burned, 95% contained after overnight effort
Firefighters have almost stamped out a big brush fire at Big Cypress National Preserve in Hendry County. This blaze tore through about 2,173 acres, but crews now have it 95 percent contained after working through the night.
Things got out of hand fast: when the fire was first spotted around 5 p.m., it had already burned about 400 acres. By 6:30, it had tripled in size. Part of it even crossed onto Seminole Reservation land, according to a spokesperson from the Florida Forest Service’s Caloosahatchee Forestry Center…