Veterans at a nursing home also evacuated, as well as residents of at least 750 homes, as firefighters battle two fires

Veterans at a nursing home were evacuated, joining residents from hundreds of homes, as firefighters and emergency workers battled two massive wildfires Sunday in an area of the Florida Panhandle that was still recovering from destruction caused by a Category 5 hurricane more than three years ago.

The 8,000-acre Bertha Swamp Road fire and the 841-acre Adkins Avenue fire threatened homes and forced the evacuation of residents of at least 750 homes in Bay county, Florida over the weekend.

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