Due to 91 wild fires burning all across Florida, thousands of homes have been evacuated as the firefighters continue to battle against the fires, said the state's forest service.
More than 25,000 acres have burned in the state since Thursday, Florida Forest Service spokesman Joe Zwierzchowski told to CNN.
"The state is really dry. Thank God we have the firefighters we have all around the state," Florida Governor Rick Scott told to the reporters.
Out of 91 wildfires across Florida, two fires caused the evacuation of thousands of homes in the central and southwest Florida. Families in the Naples area have been forced to leave nearly 2,000 homes following the mandatory evacuations, Zwierzchowski told to CNN.
A wildfire in the Golden Gates Estates section grew to 4,800 acres and also destroyed nine homes, he added.
In additional 5,000 homes were in a voluntary evacuation order, said the officials.
Governor deployed the state's National Guard on Friday, including five UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters to help the firefighters to mitigate the massive wildfire, that started on Thursday.
About 800 homes were evacuated in the Indian Lake Estates, a golf and fishing community near the Lakeland, said the state officials.
The wildfire had burned about 600 acres and destroyed several structures by Friday night. Firefighters were still battling with the wildfire on early Saturday.
Local officials did not have an estimate of the fire's containment on Friday and said that it was too early to tell whether any homes have been lost to the fire.
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The authorities have not determined what caused fire but they are offering a $5,000 reward for the information about how the fire started.
The number of arson wildfires across the state is up nearly 70% compared to this time in the last year, said the Florida Forest Service.
The area is no stranger to the threatening of wildfires. Firefighters managed to contain a fire in February which burned 4,000 acres, a fire officials at the time said that was the worst they had ever seen, according to the CNN affiliate WFLA.
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