Fire crews were working to contain at least three large brush fires as of 10:30 p.m.
Firefighters and the Florida Forest Service are still working to get control over several brush fires in the Canopy Oaks and Indian Lake Estates areas, off Highway 630 East and Highway 60.
As of 10:30 p.m. three large brush fires were still burning. A 300-acre fire is 40% contained, a 200-acre fire is 80% contained and the largest fire is 400 acres and is 20% contained.
Firefighters were called to another fire just before 3:30 p.m. on Dummonds Road in Frostproof.
Crews arrived to find a “heavily involved structure” and a brush fire spreading in the surrounding area with “difficult terrain.”
Along with the Frostproof Fire Department, Fort Meade Fire Department, and Florida Forest Service, Polk County firefighters had the fire under control at 5:51 p.m.
“Despite the challenges, the units worked quickly sizing up the fire and executing a defensive strategy with water on the structure within three minutes of arrival,” Polk County Fire Rescue wrote.