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According to the Levy County Sheriff's Office, during the mid afternoon of Thursday, April 20,
Levy County fire crews were working to contain this large brush fire near the intersection of
SR 40 East and SE 90th Ave., east of Inglis. SR 40 was closed, and motorists were cautioned
to avoid the area due to smoke. Numerous Citrus County Fire Rescue Units responded to a
rew members from Coast Guard Station Yankeetown pose with two plane crash survivors in
structure fire in the area of W. Woodbury Ct. and N. Turkey Oak Dr. in Crystal River, April 13.
front of the station's 24-foot Special Purpose Craft-Shallow Water at the station, Wed., April
Early reports indicated that the incident was a grease fire. On Tuesday, units with Citrus Sher-
19. The watercraft was used when the couple's single-engine airplane crashed into the water
iff Fire Rescue assisted the Florida Forest Service in extinguishing a quarter acre brush fire
near the boat ramp at the end of CR 40 in Yankeetown, an area where the Withlacoochee River
that quickly spread to an acre, in a heavily wooded area near the Citgo gas station, at 7593 W.
terminates into the Gulf of Mexico. The rescued couple was transported to the Coast Guard
station where EMS waited. There were no reported by Officer
injuries. (USCG photo Petty 2nd
Grover Cleveland Blvd and S. Alabama Ave. This serves as another firey reminder to be careful
Class Ashley Johnson, USCG District 7 PADET, Tampa
Bay.)
due to extended drought conditions and the rainy season still several weeks away. A burn ban
is in effect for Citrus and Levy Counties. Photo submitted by Bonnie Massey.
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