Current wildfires and smoke as of January 30, 2025. The biggest wildfire in Florida’s history occurred in 1998. Over 500,000 acres burned, and 47 states sent aid to help fight the fires. The 1998 ...

More than 1,300 wildfires have been reported in Florida so far this year, which have burned more than 57,000 acres of state and federal land, according to the Florida Forest Service website.

We're apparently seeing more wildfires in recent years in the eastern part of the country, and that includes Florida.Florida may be subtropical, but we've experienced what can happen when a spark ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WFOX) – Five people in Florida are safe after a weekend boat fire thanks to a man and his 8-year-old son.

Firefighters on Wednesday welcomed much-needed rain as a wildfire burning in the Florida Panhandle is threatening areas that were battered by Hurricane Michael in 2018, officials said.

Florida’s peak wildfire season typically occurs during April, May, and June, according to Wilton Simpson, Florida commissioner of agriculture.

"Since January, over 1,000 wildfires have burned over 51,000 acres in Florida." Wednesday morning, there were 37 wildfires burning, down from 51 Tuesday, according to the Florida Forest Service.

Florida has a year-round wildfire season and with so much debris from Hurricane Michael still on the ground, the risk for wildfire in the Panhandle is elevated, ...

A 335-acre fire was raging in Escambia County, Mr. Zwierzchowski said. South Florida and some of Central Florida were under a fire weather watch on Thursday.