HERNANDO – A 100-acre brush fire in the eastern part of Hernando County is causing smoky conditions as far west as the Gulf of Mexico.
911 dispatchers have received dozens of calls today regarding the haze but most reports were related to the Richloam Forest brush fire.
Florida Forestry Services has 6 bull dozers and 2 helicopters assisting resources on the ground in containing the fire.
Officials have not provided an estimate on the what percentage is contained but they are monitoring the situation.
There are no structures in danger at this time, according to officials.
Those with respiratory problems should remain indoors until the smoke has cleared.
We will bring more updates as they come available.
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Wouldn’t it be west ??
Depends on where you studied geography.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
NO richloam is near 301 and 50 as Far East as you can get for hernando county
Thankyou,Tom, for the correction.
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Why publish something like that and not let people know where it’s happening..?
Phil, did you get your education in New York?
No, but you did. That was rude.we are finally rubbing off on you.
The problem with that comment is you really don’t know how dumb that sounds…lol
“La coo che’ ” (Lacoochee), better known as the French quarters !!!….. 🙂
Maybe but It gets hotter than a hoochie coochie
the fire was in the richloam area of the withcloochee forest preserve…And guess what??
It wasn’t even in HERNANDO county…it was in SUMTER county!!!!!!
Why the newscasts kept saying Hernando county is beyond me…maybe cause no one
knows where Sumter county is…
Your dumb add it is brooksville / ridge manor