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Immpassable Bay Escape RX 2004

  • Location:

    Florida
  • Date:

    03/07/2004
  • Incident Type:

    Wildfire Declaration
  • Description:

    On March 2, 2004, a prescribed fire was ignited in Compartments 16 and 117 on the Osceola  Ranger District, National Forests of Florida. Within hours after initial ignition, the fire burned outside the burn plan's parameters. On March 7 at 8:21 p.m., the fire was declared an escaped burn when it moved from the prescribed fire area onto Florida Division of Forestry lands.  The planned 1,500-­acre prescribed fire became a wildland  fire that grew to approximately 34,200 acres across federal, state, and private lands.

    Escaped RX, Prescribed Fire, Firing, Escaped Prescribed Fire