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Critical fire weather conditions are impacting large portions of East Central and Northeast Florida today as the National Weather Service has issued Red Flag Warnings through 6 PM EST Friday. These conditions create a high risk for rapidly spreading wildfires, especially near roadways, grasslands, and wooded corridors.
The warning covers Volusia, Lake, Orange, Seminole, Brevard, Osceola, Okeechobee, Indian River, and St. Lucie counties, along with parts of Northeast and North Central Florida and inland Southeast Georgia. This includes heavily traveled routes such as I-4, I-95, Florida’s Turnpike, I-10, US-1, and State Road 50…