Rotonda brush fire prompts evacuations
SUN PHOTO BY MERAB-MICHAL FAVORITE
Officials said a fire on the 300 block of Hinton Street in Port Charlotte started near the air-conditioning unit and spread throughout the house early Wednesday morning.
SUN PHOTO BY STEVE REILLY, reilly@sun-herald.com
Fire departments from Naples to Sarasota responded to Charlotte County's call for assistance to fight this blaze in the Rotonda area Wednesday.
SUN PHOTO BY STEVE REILLY, reilly@sun-herald.com
A brush fire swallows 60 to 70 acres and threatens homes between the Rotonda West circle and Gasparilla Road Wednesday.
SUN PHOTO BY STEVE REILLY, reilly@sun-herald.com
Helicopters help to quell the 60- to 70-acre fire that broke out east of the Rotonda West circle Wednesday.
SUN PHOTO BY STEVE REILLY, reilly@sun-herald.com
A brush fire swallows 60 to 70 acres and threatens homes between the Rotonda West circle and Gasparilla Road Wednesday.
ROTONDA WEST — Brisk winds Wednesday stoked a 60- to 70-acre brush fire between Rotonda Circle and Gasparilla Road, prompting evacuations of some homes.
Windy conditions were ripe for other brush fires in Charlotte County Wednesday, including one in the Bermont Road area.
