LAKELAND (FOX 13) -
A large mulch fire is going to leave smoke in the air for
parts of Polk County over the next couple of days.
The fire is burning along Lasso Lane and started when lightning
struck a huge pile of mulch, investigators say.
The view from SkyFOX showed lots of smoke in the area. The
good thing is there are no buildings nearby and no one has been injured.
But a shift in winds is causing the smoke to drift across
the Polk Parkway.
Firefighters from several agencies have been pouring water
on the mulch pile to try and minimize the smoke, but they say they can't do
much more than that.
