Units from North Port, Englewood, Charlotte and Sarasota counties combine forces to fight a forest fire yesterday
Francesco Abbruzzino, The Uncensored Report, LLC
Charlotte County Public Safety
We fought a brush fire Saturday evening in the Gulf Cove neighborhood off DuBarry Ave.
About 10 acres burned in the neighborhood before jumping into Myakka StateForest where it is burning.
Two sheds, a boat and a couple of fences took were damaged, but no homes were damaged.
Englewood Fire, North Port Fire and Sarasota County Fire all sent units to help. Forestry has four tractors working to contain the fire in the forest and CCSO Air 1 has been dropping.
**update 9:53pm**
Fire has burned about 150 acres in Myakka State Forest