An active wildfire east of Naples and south of Interstate 75 in the Picayune Strand State Forest burned 80 acres and was five percent contained as of 3 p.m. Monday.

The Caloosahatchee Unit of the Florida Forest Service was involved in fighting the fire.

FDOT

A second, smaller fire was also burning in Collier, north of I-75. That fire was under an acre and not contained according to the Florida Forest Service.

Both fires were being hit by heavy rains moving through the area Monday afternoon.

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