{"id":57395,"date":"2023-03-04T22:17:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T03:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=57395"},"modified":"2023-03-04T22:18:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T03:18:05","slug":"golden-gate-estates-fire-spans-300-acres-25-contained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2023\/03\/golden-gate-estates-fire-spans-300-acres-25-contained\/","title":{"rendered":"Golden Gate Estates fire spans 300 acres 25% contained"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Saturday morning fires burned in Collier County for more than 12 hours and spanned more than 300 acres is only 25% contained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fires are in the Golden Gate Estates on Wilson Boulevard and Jung Boulevard. The fire has been called \u201cThe Jung Fire.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"161\" data-id=\"57396\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Screenshot-2023-03-04-11.12.15-AM.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57396\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" data-id=\"57397\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uc-brush-gge-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uc-brush-gge-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uc-brush-gge-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uc-brush-gge-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/uc-brush-gge-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Crews have been working overnight to contain the blazes. All roads are open and evacuation orders have been lifted although the fire is not out yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We spoke with Michael Harris, a mitigation specialist, and PIO for the Florida Forest Service Agency about the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s going to be smoky conditions throughout the evening and probably mostly tomorrow as well. As the fire gets contained that will decrease but just the best thing to do is keep your doors closed keep your windows closed keep your AC on and try to stay inside,\u201d Harris said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"390\" height=\"293\" data-id=\"57398\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/03a56079-3157-4356-95df-7397bff516ef-Fire-4.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57398\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" data-id=\"57399\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/a1a551c5-8593-4ae3-9436-d3c3d3e2093c-fire0042.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-57399\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Florida Forestry Services said it lifted the evacuation order so that people have a chance to check on their families, homes, and pets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fire remains contained at 25% but all forward progression has been stopped.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday morning fires burned in Collier County for more than 12 hours and spanned more than 300 acres is only 25% contained. The fires are in the Golden Gate Estates&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":57397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[128],"tags":[2199],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57395"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57395"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57401,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57395\/revisions\/57401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}