\n Posted<\/p>\n
April 20, 2026 at 8:14 AM EDT<\/p>\n
Early Monday morning, the state fire service reported the fire burning north of Northeast 53rd Avenue at 25% contained and spanning 105 acres.<\/p>\n
An evacuation order for several nearby neighborhoods was in place late Sunday night but called off by about 10:30 p.m.<\/p>\n
View a full gallery below of the efforts crews made to contain the blaze.<\/p>\n
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A man gets out of a tractor plow he drove out of the forest on Northeast 53rd Avenue after making a containment line for the 75-acre fire in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday, April 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
Kaley Mantz\/WUFT News<\/p>\n
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Florida Forest Service transport trucks sit on the edge of the forest on Northeast 53rd Avenue while responding to a 75-acre fire in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday, April 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
Kaley Mantz\/WUFT News<\/p>\n
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A man walks between two Florida Forest Service transport trucks sitting on the edge of the forest on Northeast 53rd Avenue while responding to a 75-acre fire in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday, April 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
Kaley Mantz\/WUFT News<\/p>\n
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A man stands between two Florida Forest Service transport trucks sitting on the edge of the forest on Northeast 53rd Avenue while responding to a 75-acre fire in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday, April 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
Kaley Mantz\/WUFT News<\/p>\n
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Corbin Wall steps out of a tractor plow he loaded onto a Florida Forest Service transport trucks after responding to a 75-acre fire in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday, April 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
Kaley Mantz\/WUFT News<\/p>\n
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Two Florida Forest Service employees talk between two transport trucks sitting on the edge of the forest on Northeast 53rd Avenue while responding to a 75-acre fire in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday, April 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
Kaley Mantz\/WUFT News<\/p>\n
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Corbin Wall walks between Florida Forest Service transport trucks after responding to a 75-acre fire in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday, April 19, 2026.\n<\/p>\n
Kaley Mantz\/WUFT News<\/p>\n
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A Florida Forest Service employee walks away from the tractor plows on the edge of the forest on Northeast 53rd Avenue while responding to a 75-acre fire in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday, April 19, 2026. <\/p>\n
Kaley Mantz\/WUFT News<\/p>\n
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Three Florida Forest Service employees talk on the edge of the forest on Northeast 53rd Avenue while responding to a 75-acre fire in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday, April 19, 2026. (Kaley Mantz\/WUFT News)<\/p>\n
Kaley Mantz\/WUFT News<\/p>\n
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A Florida Forest Service employees wait for orders while smoke rises in the back on the edge of the forest on NE 53rd Ave. while responding to a 75-acre fire in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday, April 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
Kaley Mantz\/WUFT News<\/p>\n
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A Florida Forest Service employee waits for a tractor plow to be loaded onto the transport while responding to a 75-acre fire in Gainesville, Fla., on Sunday, April 19, 2026.<\/p>\n
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