PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) —Huge wildfires in the Florida Panhandleforced veterans in a nursing home to evacuate Sunday alongside residents of more than 1,000 homes in an area still recovering from a Category 5 hurricane three years ago.
消防员们在佛罗里达州海湾县威胁到至少1,100房屋的房屋和强迫居民，佛罗里达州威尔湾威胁到了841英亩（340公顷）Bertha Swamp Road Fire和841英亩（340公顷）玻璃场的居民，逃离了周末。Adkins Avenue Fire摧毁了两种结构，周五晚些时候损坏了12个家园。
佛罗里达州罗恩·德兰蒂斯叫较大的Bertha Swamp Road Fire“一个大男孩”，在周日下午在巴拿马城新闻发布会上。“这很快就会移动。”
在星期天，开发的第三次火灾，迫使疏散一间120床，在巴拿马城的养老院。公共交通被用来将居民搬迁在克利福德切斯特斯州立退伍军人的养老院。在附近的Bay County Jain的1,300名囚犯需要疏散其他设施的情况下，公共汽车也在待机状态。
Hurricane Michael in 2018 left behind 72 million tons of destroyed trees that have provided fuel for the Bay County wildfires, according to the Florida Forest Service. The hurricane was directly responsible for 16 deaths and about $25 billion in damage in the U.S.
Local authorities say they don’t know when residents will be able to return to their homes. The county opened a shelter at the Bay County Fairgrounds for displaced residents.
“I know there has been frustration with people not being able to get back into their homes,” said Bay County Sheriff Tommy Ford. “But we have had things that have popped up on a minute’s notice and really caused problems. As soon as we can, we will let people go back.”
The Adkins Avenue fire has been burning in Bay County since Friday, forcing the evacuation of at least 600 homes, and it was 35% contained Sunday. Fire officials initially said it was 1,400 acres (567 hectares) but adjusted the size downward Sunday afternoon.
较大的Bertha Swamp Fire于周五邻近的海湾县开始，但周六蔓延到海湾和卡尔霍恩县，迫使疏散更多的家园。这是10％的星期天包含。
“It’s just hard to believe that something could be that big,” said Brad Monroe, chief of Bay County Emergency Services. “If you fly around it, it’s just incredible. It’s hard to comprehend how big, strong and fierce this fire is.”
Florida Forest Service helicopters had dropped more than 103,000 gallons (about 468,000 liters) of water on the Adkins Avenue fire since Friday, and 25 bulldozers had been deployed to plow fire lines. Firefighters from all over Florida were deployed to the county to battle the blazes.
“不幸的是，我们今天所做的几乎是昨天天气的碳副本，”佛罗里达林务服务发言人Joe Zwierzchowski“周日早晨表示。“我们正在观察每小时10至15（16至24公里）的高，持续的风，每小时最多20到25英里（32至40公里）。所以这将使它成为一个非常动态的情况。“
Currently, there are nearly 150 wildfires burning more than 12,100 acres (about 4,900 hectares) throughout Florida, and the state is only at the very beginning of its wildfire season.
“It is incredibly dry throughout the state and typically we see this kind of activity in the months of April and May,” Zwierzchowski said. “Seeing it in early March really gives us an indication of what the fire season is going to be like.”
___
Mike Schneider在奥兰多，佛罗里达州和纽约市的Julie Walker贡献了这份报告。
All contents © copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
