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UPDATE | Crews Make Headway On Big Cypress National Preserve Wildfire

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By Compiled From N... - April 10th, 2023

As of April 9, 2023, fire crews have contained 40 percent of the Cypress Camp Trail Fire, Big Cypress National Preserve / USFS - Chelsea Michael

Updates to the percent contained and the burned acreage.

Thanks to precipitation over the fire area, crews have contained 67 percent of the Cypress Camp Trail Fire at Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida. The fire has currently burned 9,749 acres since staff were notified of the fire on April 5th, 2023.

Resources from the National Park Service, Bureau of Land Management, Fish and Wildlife Service, United States Forest Service, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Florida Forest Service continue to provide assistance in the suppression efforts on the Cypress Camp Trail Fire.

On April 9th, crews worked on the northeastern perimeter of the fire, utilizing control and suppression burn out operations to bring fire to an area with swampy fuels, which can be used as a natural holding feature. Aviation resources conducted additional ignition operations to tie the western edge of the fire into I-75 and clean up pockets of unburned fuel along the southern perimeter, adjacent to I-75.

Suppression operations will continue tomorrow with crews holding and improving current control lines, and utilizing direct and indirect attack tactics to continue to increase containment.

Closures continue to remain in effect for the fire area including west of Nobles Grade, north of I-75, east of SR-29, and south of the northern Big Cypress National Preserve boundary line.

Visitors may continue to see fire and smoke from the roadways and the risk of smoke continues to remain the biggest concern. Travelers should use caution throughout the impacted area.

 

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