UPDATE: 6:29A, THURSDAY, MARCH 27
The Florida Fire Service said this fire is 98% contained.
UPDATE 6:37PM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26
The Florida Forest Service says the 10-acre fire is now 95% contained with mop-up operations in progress.
Location: Collier County, along I-75 south of Immokalee rd.
— FFS Caloosahatchee (@FFS_cafc) March 26, 2025
Size Est: 5 Acres
Containment: 0%
Number of units on scene: 4 FFS Tractor-Plows, Aircraft and local Fire Department.
Exercise caution in the area. pic.twitter.com/CtsdxZRpbO
UPDATE 5:50PM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26
The Florida Forest Service says the fire is now 95% contained.
UPDATE 5:01PM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26
The Florida Forest Service says the fire is now 60% contained.
UPDATE 4:39PM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26
The Florida Forest Service just gave this update on the fire. Six acres are now burning. It's 25% contained.
A second air unit is now dumping water on the fire.
PDATE: 4:27PM WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26
The Collier County Sheriff's Office says a limited evacuation is underway for part of the Wilshire Lakes neighborhood. In the map below, you see it's along I-75, between Immokalee and Vanderbilt Roads.
We're also told North Collier Regional Park is closed since firefighters staged their operations from there.
ORIGINAL REPORTING==============
The Florida Forest Service is fighting a brush fire off of I-75 in Naples. A spokesperson tells FOX 4 homes are threatened.
The Florida Forest Service says 5 acres was burning as of 4 pm and they had 0% containment.
They say the fire is burning south of Immokalee Rd in the area of Jonquil Circle.
The fire is causing slowdowns on I-75.
The forest service says it has 4 tractor plows on scene, as well as air craft and the local fire department.
