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Wildland firefighters are still working to fully contain a wildfire burning in Nassau County, as dry conditions continue to elevate the risk of flare-ups.<\/p>\n
The Florida Forest Service said about 80 acres have burned and the fire is roughly 75% contained.<\/p>\n
Only Action News Jax tagged along with crews as they worked to knock down lingering hot spots and reinforce fire lines in Hilliard, where winds picked up throughout Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n
Fire officials said even small debris \u2014 brush and fallen limbs \u2014 can act as fuel, allowing flames to spread quickly when conditions are this dry.<\/p>\n
An engine hauling 250 gallons of water worked as Florida Forest Service crews mopped up hot spots.<\/p>\n
>>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<<<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThis is day two,\u201d Michelle Maylon, Forestry Supervisor II with the Florida Forest Service, said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re out here mopping up and identifying the hot spots that still need to be tended to,\u201d Maylon said. \u201cWith the dozer of water, that\u2019ll continue until it\u2019s 100% contained and safe.\u201d<\/p>\n Standing in the burn zone, the impact of the fire is visible. Blackened ground stretches across the forest floor, and char marks on nearby trees show just how high the flames climbed.<\/p>\n Maylon said stopping a wildfire like this often comes down to one critical tool: the fire line \u2014 a cleared strip of land designed to slow or stop flames from advancing.<\/p>\n \u201cA fire line can be a natural barrier, like a road,\u201d Maylon said. \u201cWhen there\u2019s heavy rain, it could be a swamp, per se, if it\u2019s holding water. Today you\u2019ll see that tractor plow unit that has created that bare mineral soil.\u201d<\/p>\n [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks<\/a>]<\/p>\n Crews used heavy machinery throughout the day to reinforce the fire line and prevent further spread.<\/p>\n The operation also served as hands-on training for newer firefighters working alongside experienced crews.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a training for them and getting that real-world experience,\u201d Maylon said.<\/p>\n The Florida Forest Service is urging residents to use caution, especially as drought conditions persist across the state.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the state, we\u2019re seeing severe drought conditions,\u201d Maylon said.<\/p>\n She added that anyone planning to burn debris should take extra steps to ensure fires are fully extinguished.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you are going to burn, let\u2019s make sure that it\u2019s out cold,\u201d Maylon said. \u201cYou can also contact the Florida Forest Service and talk to them about safely burning.\u201d<\/p>\n [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter<\/a>] <\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here<\/a> to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here<\/a> to stream Action News Jax live.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wildland firefighters are still working to fully contain a wildfire burning in Nassau County, as dry conditions continue…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":145164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[344,12119,70312,28,30,29,70310,3898,70311],"class_list":["post-145283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-action-news-jax","tag-dry-conditions","tag-fire-lines","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-michelle-maylon","tag-nassau-county","tag-wildland-firefighters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}