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Jail inmate Ronald Kendrick battles a fire near Daytona Beach.	Mike Pultorak refreshes himself as he fights a fire near Daytona Beach.

Eric Scott pours dirt on spot fires in a futile attempt to put them out by U.S. Highway 92 near DeLand during the height of the fires in July 1998.

The battle was long and hard

Civilians, in frustration, sometimes joined firefighters in fighting the blazess that consumed thousands of acres of Floridian woods. I covered the happenings in Volusia County, the area worst hit by the flames. Incidentally, I used a Kodak/Nikon NC2000 digital camera for all of the fire coverage.

Above, traffic moves along on a stretch of U.S. Highway 92, also known as International Speedway Boulevard, as a cluster of trees is lost to the merciless inferno.

Ormond Beach firefighters Bryan Mathis, left, and Steve Castaldi lug a hose toward a hot spot. J.P. Duncan, of Ft. Myers, pours water on his face mask to keep from breathing smoke.
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Photos by Billy Calzada
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Ormond Beach firefighters Bryan Mathis, left, and Steve Castaldi lug a hose toward a hot spot.	J.P. Duncan, of Ft. Myers, pours water on his face mask to keep from breathing smoke.