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Fire at CREW Wildlife Management Area in Lee Country burns 25 acres, 85% contained

Smoke from a 25-acre wildfire in the CREW Wildlife Management Area Thursday afternoon could be seen from I-75.
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Smoke from a 25-acre wildfire in the CREW Wildlife Management Area Thursday afternoon could be seen from I-75.

A fire burning in the CREW Wildlife Management Area in Lee County was 85 percent contained by Thursday evening and was being worked on by Florida Forest Service personnel from the Caloosahatchee Office.

Smoke from the 25-acre wildfire could be seen from I-75 and was burning in the Flint Pen Strand section of CREW.

The CREW area is east of I-75 off Corkscrew Road.

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