Neighbors in St. Johns County are finally allowed to return to their homes after a brush fire forced dozens of families to leave the area.
February 27, 2024 at 9:30 pm ESTST. JOHNS COUNTY, Fla. —
While dozens of neighbors had to leave their homes, Action News Jax was told that nobody was hurt and no homes were damaged.“You don’t really know what to think, you don’t know how to act,” Hope Sharpe, a neighbor, said. “I need to protect my life, my family’s life.”Neighbors along County Road 214 were told to evacuate after a 17 acre fire broke out Tuesday afternoon.
“I parked on the side of the road and I showed him my ID,” Sharpe said. “I said if you’re evacuating my kids, please let me get my kids. He finally let me come back and when I did the smoke was going across the road, it was dark, it was awful.”
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