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Wildfires force

evacuations in Florida

Sunday, May

7, 2006; Posted: 9:19 p.m. EDT (01:19 GMT)

 

(CNN) -- Wildfire forced about

800 people to flee their homes and closed a major highway in New Smyrna Beach,

Florida, Sunday afternoon, a day after firefighters brought another blaze under

control, local officials said.

The fire scorched about 700 acres of pine hammock as gusty

afternoon winds drove it across Interstate 95 toward an upscale subdivision,

City Manager Frank Roberts told CNN.

No injuries had been reported, but city officials ordered

residents of about 250 homes to evacuate as the fire neared. (Watch

smoke and flames from the air -- 0:40)

More than 180 firefighters were dispatched to battle Sunday's fire, and fresh crews

and pumper trucks headed to the town from Jacksonville and Orlando, Roberts said.

Sunday's blaze spread rapidly, but was still smaller than the

1,000-plus acre blaze that hit a nearby area Saturday. Both were fueled by dry conditions and gusty, variable winds,

municipal spokeswoman Shannon Lewis said.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/07/florida.fire/index.html

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