August 19, 2023 - Center Fire Department responded to a trash fire on CR 3736 at 2:30pm on August 19, 2023.
The fire was called in by someone who saw the smoke from the loop and tracked down its origin before calling it in to fire personnel.
When firefighters arrived at the scene of the fire, the resident was not there, and the fire had traveled across the roadway to a neighboring property.
The firefighters were able to prevent spread of the fire to no more than one acre.
The Sheriff’s Department was seeking for the responsible party to issue a citation for violating the burn ban.
The fire department personnel returned to the station at around 4:30pm.
