Nothing like a good ol’ fashion book burning to cause a forest fire – PB/TK
Book Burning Sparked Florida Wildfire That Destroyed 10 Homes: Officials – By Nina Golgowski March 23 2017
Book burning is being blamed for a massive wildfire in northeast Florida that has left up to 15 homes damaged or destroyed and evacuated more than 100 people, fire officials said.
Nearly 400 acres in Nassau County, just outside Jacksonville, have been swept up by the blaze that’s being called the worst the county’s seen in nearly two decades, The Florida Times-Union reported.
Approximately 65 percent of the fire is contained as of Thursday morning, the Florida Forest Service announced.
Authorities said that someone burning paperback books on Wednesday afternoon caused the blaze. Burning household garbage is illegal in Florida, FFS said.
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