Here is the information provided by the Florida Division of Forestry Thursday morning about the Iron Horse fire in Brevard and Volusia Counties:
Iron Horse (3) (2011-12-0161) – 25% containment – 17,500 acres (GPS) in N. Brevard and S. Volusia Counties. 1 mobile home, 3 outbuildings and 3 camp structures destroyed. 140 total structures threatened.
Three breakouts totaling 1,290 acres increased the fire size. Night operation established and improved fire lines. Number of geographic divisions has increased from 3 – 5 (Div A thru E). Significant smoke in area but I-95 and US 1 reported open with reports of smoke on the roads.
Type 2 IMT took over management of the incident.
Resources: 22 dozers (18 FDOF, 2 USFWS, 2 Miami Corp.), 10 county engines, 2 medium FDOF helicopters, 2 Single Engine Air Tankers. Total personnel: 94 (42 FDOF, 44 county, 2 FHP, 6 other). Cause: under investigation.
The firefighter that was injured may return home from the hospital today. Matt Wescott, 22, suffered second-degree burns to his face when steam shot out as he applied water to hot soil that had just been turned over by a tractor plow.
WESH.com has an excellent slide show of photos of the fire. It includes a series of photos of two structures as they ignite and burn. WESH also created a Facebook page about the fire.
Here is a link to a video captured by a highway traffic camera as the fire burned past it’s location.
