Florida fires sweep across the central part of the state. On Monday, volunteers from the Red Cross and Southern Baptist Convention made plans to serve meals throughout the day. We ll keep the shelter open another couple of days for people to get water, Goldade adds. We are looking at probably eight or nine mobile homes destroyed, and probably that many with minor damage, he says. Other homes have visible damage and there were power outages after electrical lines burned.
Some houses are now just cinders, while flames only licked at the ground a few feet from others.
The fire seemed to burn in such a random manner that residents were unsure of its path. The fires spread until they were brought under control on Sunday. They re anxious to get back into the area and start rebuilding. The ones that lost their mobile homes, they re a little more upset. Many of the evacuated residents were allowed back on their property on Sunday, though some are still waiting.