While the brush fire that raged across Collier County over the weekend is 90% contained as of Monday afternoon, the Romero family lost everything in the flames. Their pickup truck will never run again, and all that’s left of the house is the frame.
Fires in Collier County incinerated two homes while crews continued working into Monday morning to contain the blazes. The evacuation orders that were originally given have since been lifted, even though the fires continue to burn. WINK News has been told fire crews are in mop-up mode. As a result of the fire, three homes […]
A brush fire broke out in Collier County and was threatening one family’s home. This happened in Collier County on Six L’s Farm Road near Lafayette Street. Greater Naples Fire Chief Nolan Sapp says there was one home in danger and that the fire covered ten acres. Fire crews were able to put a protection […]
With fires threatening homes and forcing evacuations, some residents say they don’t want to leave. One man in Golden Gate Estates is vowing to protect his home. Rodney Batcher was at work when he got the call his house could go up in flames. He says he knew that he had to get home as […]
Thousands of acres have burned in Collier County after brush fires ignited and quickly spread Wednesday, damaging or destroying several homes and forcing multiple evacuations. The two biggest fires merged and are currently at an 8,500-acre spread that was 10% contained as of 7:15 p.m. Thursday, per Florida Forest Service. Fires are burning on the […]