A 20-acre wildfire of undetermined origin was burning alongside northbound Interstate 75 Saturday with smoke and flames visible from the freeway.
No containment number was available as of 6 p.m.
The Myakka unit of the Florida Forest Service was handling the blaze with at least one helicopter dropping water. Florida Highway Patrol units were on scene monitoring the situation.
There was also a 97-acre fire in Hendry County, called the White Gate Fire, and a nearly 37-acre fire in DeSoto County, called the East Grove County Line Fire, that were both 95 percent contained as of Saturday evening.
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