Thick Smoke Over Palm Coast Is a 470-Acre Prescribed Fire At Faver-Dykes State Park North Of Flagler County
The Florida Park Service is conducting a 470-acre controlled burn at Faver-Dykes State Park today, with heavy smoke visible in Palm Coast and Bunnell and north of the fire. Officials expect the fire to be dead out by 10:25 p.m. this evening. Favorable humidity and winds are keep…
That thick black smoke rising north of Palm Coast is a 470-acre controlled burn at Faver-Dykes State Park, says Flagler County Fire Chief Mike Tucker. The size of the burn is as large as some of the more concerning wildfires of recent years.
“It is impressive looking, you can see it all the way down here in Bunnell,” Flagler County Emergency Management Director Jonathan Lord said. “It’s literally across the creek,” meaning Pellicer Creek at the northern edge of the county. “It’s also part of natural forest management. It happens all the time. …
Opening excerpt. Read the full story at FlaglerLive ↗
Sourced from FlaglerLive · indexed by Statura on June 11, 2026. Statura indexes Florida political news and tags it by industry and jurisdiction so government-affairs teams can monitor signal without scanning every outlet by hand. Read the full story at FlaglerLive ↗
More like this
- Florida Phoenix · June 11, 2026Trump says ‘great settlement’ of Iran war in the works, signing ceremony soon
- Florida Phoenix · June 11, 2026Tariff refunds for small businesses past due, US Senate Dems tell Trump administration
- Florida Politics · June 11, 2026Randy Fine cancels appearance at Florida GOP event after James Fishback announced as a speaker
- Florida Politics · June 11, 2026Blaise Ingoglia blasts Miami-Dade County for over taxing and wasteful spending
- WLRN — Politics · June 11, 2026Florida Supreme Court leaves in place new GOP-boosting US House map for elections
- Florida Phoenix · June 11, 2026Strong candidates in Alaska, Ohio seen as moving US Senate races toward Dems
