{"id":18238,"date":"2026-04-20T00:25:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:25:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/18238\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T00:25:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T00:25:44","slug":"2-brush-fires-in-gainesville-prompt-evacuation-orders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/news\/18238\/","title":{"rendered":"2 brush fires in Gainesville prompt evacuation orders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No description found<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Two separate wildfires in Gainesville are forcing evacuations, according to the Florida Forest Service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">FFS officials said Sunday that one fire in northeast Gainesville has burned about 25 acres, primarily on the west side of N. Main St. between NE 53rd Ave. and NE 39th Ave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">N. Main St. and NE. 53rd Ave. are closed in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The agency has not said how many structures are threatened or how many people are evacuating the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A second fire has burned at least 5 acres off SR 121 north of U.S. 441. FFS says evacuations are underway in the Eryn\u2019s Garden neighborhood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">That fire has run into an oak hammock and slowed down, according to officials Sunday evening.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2026 by WJXT News4JAX &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p>About the AuthorRyan Burkett headshot<a class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__LinkBase-sc-1fnzlkn-9 eUojqd gMnWPT\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/team\/N39ECN4Q1216055AWFCQQT7R3T\/\" title=\"View Ryan Burkett&#039;s full profile\" itemprop=\"url\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ryan Burkett<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 gnunoy bOlrXa\">Ryan Burkett joined News4JAX as an executive producer in October 2025. 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