We shot these pictures yesterday of the fire in the St. Johns National Wildlife Refuge just northwest of I-95 and the Cheney Hwy (SR 50) while on our way back from a press trip I was doing on Spring Break in Daytona Beach. The fire is reported to have burned 1,700 acres.

Every time I see a wildfire my wife sighs because she knows I’ll be blurting our one of my favorite phrases, Fire! Fire! In a way only a die-hard Beavis & Butt-Head fan would recognize.

Of course local media outlets were there to cover the blaze, must be too many hours of programming to fill with real news like the ongoing Casey Anthony saga.

As a former Boy Scout leader I’ve always thought of camping and scouting was a good outlet for children to work out their fascination with fire in a healthy environment.