Above: Static test firing of a SpaceX rocket, May 28, 2017 at the Kennedy Space Center. The smoke is from the rocket, not the vegetation fire. SpaceX photo.
The static test firing of a rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida started a vegetation fire in Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge May 28. SpaceX was conducting a test of a Falcon 9 rocket at Launch Complex 39A when the fire accidentally started on what the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service called a small island. With the aid of water drops from a helicopter the spread of the fire was stopped at four acres.
SpaceX plans to actually launch the rocket Thursday June 1 at 5:55 p.m. EDT to ferry a Dragon cargo ship to the International Space Station.


#USFWS firefighters report the #RedRibbonFire is showing little smoke after numerous bucket drops #FLfire pic.twitter.com/dDACGhfNH0
— USFWS Fire SE (@USFWSFireSE) May 28, 2017
Watch a replay of SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket firing its Merlin engines today in hold-down test at pad 39A in Florida: https://t.co/wSQ6uIQd83 pic.twitter.com/MStYjoiYCN
— Spaceflight Now (@SpaceflightNow) May 28, 2017