palm bay fire.

Governor Charlie Crist declared a
state of emergency Monday as dry, windy weather fueled several
wildfires on Florida's central Atlantic coast, destroying more than
a dozen homes.

Hundreds of residents were under evacuation orders. Firefighters
from around the state and the National Guard were called to assist.

The largest fire was in Malabar, where about 3,000 acres burned and at least two homes have been destroyed. In Palm Bay at least a
dozen homes were damaged.

About 80 miles north in Daytona Beach, an 800-acre fire forced
an evacuation order for about 500 homes, but residents were allowed
to return Monday evening.

No structures were reported damaged, though officials warned
embers could fly more than a mile from the blaze and spark new hot
spots.

A Palm Bay firefighter was injured near Bayside High School.

A Daytona Beach firefighter was also treated at the scene for minor
injures.

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[jooeyyjn]

who cares

[faithgunn123]

people who live in palm bay and people who's houses burnt down?

[candysk8er]

no time for jokes! my friends lost there houses!

[CogCommander3]

i live in palm bay and this was hetick , it sucked sooo bad i had 4 fires within 600ft of my house luckily it didnt catch fire

[sb57fury1]

@candysk8er that right that is nothing to joke about . 

[sb57fury1]

I am sorry for the loss. My father's garage caught on fire yesterday. There were 4 classic cars 2 were saved and the other 2 were destoyed. The orange challenger convertible and a yellow dart were destroyed. The 2 that were got saved were a 1961 plymouth fury and a 1966 dodge charger. My dad broke a window unlocked the new part of the garage got in my '61fury got that out 1st then went in and got the charger out next. I know its scary .

[sheltiegirl99]

What street is this taken from?

[USMCborn2kill]

the only good thing bout these fires was dat we got out of skoo 4 like 5 dayzz

but yh still sucked to those who lost there homes

[DonWindle]

that's mad crazyy... i live right on emerson and we could see all the smoke and ash was in out yard. it was super scaryy.

oxox, enie

[cristina8139]

i went around townand was amazed how bad and sad thiswas

[urmommy5555]

my grandpa is a captain for palm bay fire rescue he was REALLY tired when he got home like 3 days after it started

[ms80kyle]

my house was close to catching on fire, we were all evacuating from there and they let us skip school for 2 days

[HenkelmanAndy]

Lmao my yard burned but it missed my house.. random but it was cool because all the trails i normally bike on i could drive my car lol

[slapajap]

i went 4 wheelin on the street while this was going on, no cops said anything, I helped a few people out.