May
12

Brush fires forced residents to flee more than 500 homes in central Florida on Sunday and closed a major interstate, authorities said.
A fire in Volusia County has burned between 500 and 600 acres and caused road closures and home evacuations, state Division of Forestry spokesman Timber Weller said.
Weller said windy, dry conditions were challenging the [...]

Dec
25

State environmental crews and private contractors are cleaning up about 4,000 gallons of diesel fuel that spilled into a brook following a fatal accident involving two trucks and several cars on Interstate 95 Friday.
An official of the state Department of Environmental Protection said yesterday that 95 percent of the oil was recovered at the site [...]