Emergency crews battle yet another brush fire fueled by dry, windy conditions, threatening structures amid a county-wide burn ban and ongoing drought.<\/p>\n
WIMAUMA, Fla. \u2014 Fire rescue crews have been working to contain flames since 3 p.m. in the southern part of Hillsborough County.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, a trail of smoke is visible in Wimauma as Hillsborough County Fire Rescue and the Florida Forest Service have been trying to control a fire<\/a> that has already burned through one acre of land.<\/p>\n The fire burned past the Fellowship Primitive Baptist Church and Cemetery, 10 Tampa Bay News learned while on the scene of the incident.<\/p>\n Emergency crews have been using brush trucks, bulldozers, and engines to contain the flames. They managed to keep the flames from the church building, but a nearby outbuilding was destroyed, officials said.<\/p>\n This is yet another fire that has burned through the area over the last week.<\/p>\n Dry weather, lack of rain, and windy conditions have contributed to brush fires raging through the county over the last week.<\/p>\n