Firefighters in north Collier County continue fighting 1,500-acre fire; two homes destroyed Michael Braun, Naples Daily News © Conner Levy /Special to naplesnews.com A line of smoke rises above a tree line in Golden Gate Estates in Collier County on Saturday, May 22, 2021. A brush fire had burned more than 1,000 acres.
More than three-fourths of a 1,500-acre fire in north Collier County remained active Sunday morning with firefighters from two counties working to further contain flames that destroyed two homes and damaged two others.
Sunday afternoon the Florida Forest Service Caloosahatchee Center was reporting the fire remained about 20 percent contained.
Melinda Avni, a mitigation specialist for the Florida Forest Service Caloosahatchee Center, said the service s wildland firefighters were building and improving existing containment lines around the fire and providing access for cooperating structure crews.
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