Florida governor declares emergensy in burn areas
Wildfires in Malabar, Daytona force hundreds to evacuate
Michael R. Brown / AP
A blaze snakes dangerously close to a business as firefighters create a back fire to stop the oncoming flames in Malabar, Fla., on Monday.
updated 3:35 p.m. PT, Mon., May. 12, 2008
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - Florida Governor Charlie Crist declared a state of emergency as several wildfires burned along the state’s central Atlantic coast on Monday.
Dry, windy weather fueled the fires. At least three homes have been destroyed and hundreds of residents of Daytona Beach have been ordered to leave the area.
The largest fire roared across 3,000 acres in Brevard County, where one home was destroyed and 60 others threatened, forestry officials said.
