OLDSMAR, Fla. (WFLA) – If you live in North Pinellas County or the Westchase area and smell smoke outside, it is probably from a brush fire in the Oldsmar area.
Firefighters are working to contain a brush fire at Brooker Creek Preserve.
The fire is burning at Douglas Road and Racetrack Road.
An East Lake Fire Rescue spokesperson said the fire is estimated to be about 40 acres. The fire is about 80 percent contained.
No structures are endangered by the fire.
Firefighters from East Lake Fire Rescue, Palm Harbor Fire Rescue, Oldsmar Fire Rescue, Dunedin Fire Rescue and the Florida Division of Forestry helped fight the fire.WHAT OTHERS ARE CLICKING ON-
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