J.D. Gallop, and Lamaur Stancil

Florida Today

Brevard County firefighters and state and federal forestry officials handled a pair of brush fires in the north part of the county Thursday afternoon.

A 50-acre blaze near Adamson Road in Cocoa north of the Brevard County landfill started mid-afternoon. That was after firefighters contained a seven-acre fire in the Port St. John area earlier Thursday, authorities said.

No evacuations were ordered for either fire.

Adamson was closed for a few hours on the north side of the landfill, Brevard County Fire Rescue said. Authorities re-opened Adamson about 5:30 p.m. as crews worked until dark to contain the blaze.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Florida Forest Service assisted Fire Rescue. The Brevard County Sheriff's Office and Mosquito Control also made water drops on the burning acreage in Cocoa.

The Port St.John blaze was at Fay Lake Wilderness Park near a dog park at Fay Lake.

Dry weather creating conditions ripe for Brevard brush fires

Firefighters prevented the brush fire from jumping the roadway and heading in the direction of several homes.

There was no information about how either of the fires started.