HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, Fla. – Firefighters in Hillsborough County faced a grueling Tuesday afternoon as a massive RV fire on Skywood Drive ignited a fast-moving brush fire, marking one of a dozen outside blazes to strike the region in a single day.
The Emergency Dispatch Communications Center began fielding a flurry of 911 calls at 2:15 PM, with witnesses reporting smoke and flames near the Valrico neighborhood.
When the first crews pulled up to the scene, they were met with an RV completely engulfed in flames, with the surrounding dry vegetation already catching fire…