A more than 2,000-acre wildfire started by lightning at the Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge in DeLeon Springs June 13 is not affecting public visits and the park remains open, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said June 15.
Erin Myers, of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, said the manager of the Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge said the park is open and that the fire is in the marsh “away from visitors.”
According to Camaron Greenlund of the Florida Forest Service, the wildfire in the south marsh of the Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge was sparked by lightning Saturday evening.
Florida Forest Service: DeLand area will see smoke from 2,350-acre wildfire
The wildfire has consumed about half of the 4,700-acre south marsh, Greenlund said.
“No structures are endangered by the wildfire but there will be smoke in the Glenwood and DeLand areas at a minimum for the next 48 hours,” Greenlund said June 15.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife personnel is managing the fire, with mutual aid assistance from the Florida Forest Service. Due to the inability to access the fire, and for safety of natural resources, containment is slow-going, Greenlund said.
This article originally appeared on The Daytona Beach News-Journal: 2,000-acre wildfire burns in DeLeon Springs wildlife refuge
Reporting by Patricio G. Balona, Daytona Beach News-Journal / The Daytona Beach News-Journal
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