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A Florida Division of Forestry worker waits to be sent out to cut a fire line around a wildfire Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in Hudson, Fla. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency as more than 100 wildfires actively burn statewide. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

In this Saturday, April 8, 2017 photo, aircraft from the U.S. Forestry Service and the Florida Forestry Service work to contain a massive wildfire in Hernando Beach, Fla. Gov. Rick Scott on Tuesday, April 11 declared a State of Emergency for Florida in response to the wildfires actively burning across the state. (Luis Santana /Tampa Bay Times via AP)

A Florida Division of Forestry helicopter drops a bucket of water on a wildfire Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in Hudson, Fla. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency as more than 100 wildfires actively burn statewide. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

A Florida Division of Forestry helicopter drops a bucket of water on a wildfire Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in Hudson, Fla. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency as more than 100 wildfires actively burn statewide. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

A Florida Division of Forestry helicopter drops a bucket of water on a wildfire Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in Hudson, Fla. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency as more than 100 wildfires actively burn statewide. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

A Florida Division of Forestry helicopter drops a bucket of water on a wildfire Tuesday, April 11, 2017, in Hudson, Fla. Florida Gov. Rick Scott has declared a state of emergency as more than 100 wildfires actively burn statewide. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara)

John DeWolfe, with Florida Forest Service, right, speaks with coworker Mike Penn along a street in the Suncoast Lakes subdivision Tuesday, April 11, 2017 in Land O’ Lakes, Fla. The Silver Palms Fire burned close to homes in the Suncoast Lakes subdivision Tuesday forcing residents to use garden hoses on vegetation and roofs around their property. (Chris Urso/The Tampa Bay Times via AP)

A Florida Forest Service bulldozer creates a fire break in the woods close to homes in the Suncoast Lakes subdivision Tuesday, April 11, 2017 in Land O’ Lakes, Fla. The Silver Palms Fire burned close to homes Tuesday forcing residents to use garden hoses on vegetation and roofs around their property. (Chris Urso/The Tampa Bay Times via AP)

John DeWolfe, with Florida Forest Service, center, speaks on a two-way radio as a Pasco County firefighter who asked not to be identified, looks on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 in Land O’ Lakes, Fla. The Silver Palms Fire burned close to homes in the Suncoast Lakes subdivision Tuesday, forcing residents to use garden hoses on vegetation and roofs around their property. (Chris Urso/The Tampa Bay Times via AP)

Homeowner Darren Kelly uses a garden hose to keep vegetation near his home wet in the Suncoast Lakes subdivision Tuesday, April 11, 2017 in Land O’ Lakes, Fla. The Silver Palms Fire burned close to homes Tuesday forcing residents to use garden hoses on vegetation and roofs around their property. (Chris Urso/The Tampa Bay Times via AP)

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