PUTNAM COUNTY, Fla. — Forty homes were evacuated Friday afternoon due to a fire off Paradise Shores Road in Crescent City, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said.
One home was damaged as a result of the fire, Florida Forest Service said.
Putnam Fire Rescue and the Florida Forest Service are responding to the four-acre fire.
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Florida Forest Service said the fire perimeter is secured and the fire is 80 percent contained.
No one has been injured. A helicopter did 13 water drops on the fire.
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A cause of the fire is not yet known, Florida Forest Service said.
Fire perimeter secured, 80% contained, 1 home damaged, 13 water drops by aircraft, cause unknown @PutnamCountyEM @putnamcosheriff pic.twitter.com/BXf4esKeCl
— FFS Waccasassa (@FFS_Waccasassa) May 13, 2017
Another fire is also burning in Crescent City, the Union Camp fire, which has burned a total of 210 acres.
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