Brush fire ignites behind Lehigh Acres homes

Crews were on the scene of a brush fire that sparked Saturday afternoon in Lehigh Acres.

The fire ignited around Hannah Avenue North just south of Sunshine Boulevard. Authorities on the scene said it was about 10 acres and now 100 percent contained at this time.

It is unclear what started the fire.

But the fire sparked on an anniversary no one in Lehigh Acres is happy to celebrate.

“It was exactly one year ago that we had our 400 acre brush fire last year that we had a lot of damage to a lot of structures that were lost,” said Robert DiLallo, Lehigh Acres fire chief.

For neighbor Bryan Suarez, the fire was knocking on his front door.

“It was in front. It was right there,” he said of the fire.

It was enough to scare Suarez and his neighbors into action.

“He was up on the roof watering around the house, trying to prevent anything from catching fire,” said one neighbor about a man seen on top of roof with a garden hose.

Thankfully, crews were able to contain the fire. But neighbors will continue to hope that mother nature doesn’t strike again.

“We need everybody to be very cautious,” DiLallo said. “We’re in the heart of our brush fire season right now.”

#HannaAve fire in Lehigh Acres is 100% contained at 10 acres. Florida Forest Service tractor-plows continue to widen lines for Lehigh Acres brush trucks to continue complete mop-up work. Unified command at its best. #FLfire #LeeCounty #wildfire pic.twitter.com/0gzmrBtKSF

— FFS Caloosahatchee (@FFS_cafc) April 21, 2018