Photos for Headline Surfer / Courtesy Seminole County Fire Department.
By HENRY FREDERICK / Headline Surfer
SANFORD, Fla. -- A small brush fire, possibly from a lightning strike, Friday afternoon near the Lake Jesup Conservation Area, sent smoke and ash into the air.
The Seminole County Fire Department has issued an advisory: You may see some ash near Sanford as there is a working brush fire. 3890 Skyway Drive – heading toward Lake Jesup, and no lives are in danger or residential structures at risk.
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There's no need to call 911 unless you see direct columns of smoke, Seminole County fire officials said, adding the brush fire appears to be burning in an open area.
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Henry Frederick is an award-winning journalist who launched Headline Surfer in 2008. The site serves the greater Daytona Beach, Sanford, and Orlando areas along the I-4 corridor and beyond via HeadlineSurfer.com in Lake Mary, Florida. Frederick earned his Master of Arts in New Media Journalism from Full Sail University in Orlando in 2019. He was a breaking news reporter (metro cops & courts beat) for the Daytona Beach News-Journal for nearly a decade, and before that, the same beat with The Journal-News/Gannett Suburban Newspapers in Rockland/Westchester counties, NY, dating back to 1989. He's also worked as a city editor and city hall reporter for two dailies. Having witnessed the execution of serial killer Aileen Wuornos in Florida's death chamber and covering other high-profile cases, Frederick has appeared on national crime documentary shows on Discovery ID, Reelz & the Oxygen Network series "Snapped" for his analysis. Assisting Henry Frederick with Headline Surfer is Sera King, who writes about the weather and feature stories, takes photos, shoots video, and occasionally draws editorial cartoons. • Bio: https://henryfrederick.com/.
