Thats a shame. I feel sorry for all the animals. We have been so dry here in FL. We had a rainy spring to make lots of kindling and weeds to burn. I have read that as global warming continues not only will FL flood due to sea levels rising, but existing areas may become more desert like. So we will probably have more wildfires like CA in N FL and other wooded portions.

If you click the link now, it is this:

"Update: Ocala National Forest wildfire largely contained"

Which is slightly better.

It states 505 acres and they're unsure of the cause.

Although this wasn't a prescribed burn, we should remember that burning of flammable habitats is necessary for the regeneration of plant species and can improve animal habitat. When I visited Archbold Biological Station in Lake Placid, they explained the importance of prescribed burns. So maybe, since this burn was contained, it did some good?

There are a lot of homeless people living in the forest and also campers. I hope no one was hurt or worse.

I'll never forget the prescribed burn that got out of control in North Port and burned up a lot of Carlton preserve and a few houses. It was negligence. The company hired to do the burn wanted to get it over with, and started it even though the winds were too high. Needless to say, they aren't in business anymore.

We had a 600 acre wildfire a block from my house as the crow flies. I had ashes raining down on my yard for days, and helicopters taking water from the retention pond at the end of the street.