1,100 homes evacuated as firefighters battle Florida fires

PANAMA CITY (FLORIDA): MARCH. 8 – Veterans forced to evacuate a nursing home because of a Florida Panhandle wildfire were allowed to return home, officials said, but mandatory evacuations remained in place for two larger fires.

Firefighters continued to battle the 12,000-acre Bertha Swamp Road fire and the 841-acre Adkins Avenue fire, which have threatened homes and forced residents of at least 1,100 houses in Bay County, Florida.