Observer News: Fire, fog shut down I-75; smoke in SCC

Fire, fog shut down I-75; smoke in SCC
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Mitch_Traphagen on 23/02/2011 17:09:00
 
By MITCH TRAPHAGEN
mitch@observernews.net
RUSKIN — A portion of I-75 in Southern Hillsborough and Northern  Manatee
counties was closed early Tuesday morning due to near zero  visibility caused by
dense fog and smoke from a brush fire. The  interstate was closed from Exit 240
at College Avenue in Ruskin to Exit  229 at Moccasin Wallow Road in Manatee
County.
The fire was caused by a controlled burn that had gone beyond the  planned burn
area at Little Manatee River State Park.  The fire was not  considered a threat
to residential areas and was contained by early  Tuesday morning but heavy
smoke, coupled with fog, lingered over South  Hillsborough, particularly in
Greater Sun City Center.