On, Monday, the county watched as another regional fire threatened the area, this time at Overstreet in Gulf County.
Talking by phone on Tuesday morning, Overstreet Fire Chief Johnny Mize said at that time the fire had been contained. The Division of Forestry was still on the scene, Mize said, but all houses had been protected and only one house, at the site of origin, "got scorched."
"All the hot spots are out," he said, of the 300 to 325 acres that burned. The fire burned primarily along the northwest bank of the Intracoastal Waterway that runs through the Overstreet area. The fire did, at one time, jump CR386 and burned about 100 acres on the northeast side of the road, according to Mize.
At the height of the fire, the Division of Forestry had 14 crawlers working in the fire zone, plus volunteer fire departments from Overstreet, Dalkeith, Howard Creek, Port St. Joe, The Beaches and Highland View. The Division of Forestry also used two helicopters that pulled water from the Waterway, said Mize.
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