Firefighters respond to structure fire in Glades County

Credit: Kathy Adams.

Firefighters are responded to a structure fire in Lakeport in Glades County Monday night.

Firefighters were on scene of a fire off State Road 78 west of Harney Pond Canal. This is also just west of Lake Okeechobee and north of Moorehaven.

There is currently no further information about this response from the fire department.

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