Firefighters worked through the night Sunday after a brush fire broke out on Big Pine Key and spread quickly across the Lower Keys island and tore through about 100 acres.
"We did not lost any ground or any more structures last night," Marty Senterfitt, the Monroe County Emergency Management director, said Monday morning. "Many people worked long hours without sleep to protect people's homes and prevent the fire from spreading."
Scattered hotspots reman throughout the path of the fire, which began along Hibiscus Drive and moved toward Fern Avenue, said county spokeswoman Cammy Clark.
"There remains no reports of injuries from the fire," Clark said.
Monroe County officials said the fire was 40 percent contained as of 9:30 a.m. Monday.
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