What does percent contained mean for a wildfire and how is it measured?
Containment does not mean the fire has been extinguished.
This year has been a big year as far as fires in Florida, with crews currently working to contain two brush fires in western Miami-Dade County.
But what does "containment" mean? And what does 100% containment mean versus, say, 40% containment?
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