Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis hosted a press conference at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, April 16, at the Florida Highway Patrol Station in Fort Myers. DeSantis was joined by Dave Kerner, executive director of ...

More than 1,300 wildfires have been reported in Florida so far this year, which have burned more than 57,000 acres of state and federal land, according to the Florida Forest Service website.