Crews Contain Fully Involved Outbuilding and Surrounding Brush Fire in Citrus County

Crystal River, FL - Firefighters from Citrus County Fire Rescue (CCFR), working alongside automatic aid crews from the Crystal River Fire Department, extinguished a shed fire and stopped an advancing brush fire Thursday afternoon outside the Crystal River city limits despite narrow driveway access requiring relay water shuttles.

Emergency units were dispatched during the afternoon hours of Thursday, October 29, 2026, following reports of a structure fire on N. Loquat Pt. in unincorporated Citrus County.

First-arriving crews encountered a detached shed fully engulfed in flames, with active fire extending into the adjacent wooded area behind the structure. Because a narrow dirt driveway restricted large apparatus access directly to the scene, incoming companies established a water shuttle operation to maintain a continuous water supply for fireground operations.

Firefighters deployed attack handlines to rapidly flank and contain the spreading brush fire while mounting a direct suppression effort on the outbuilding. Through coordinated operations, crews extinguished the shed blaze and prevented flames from advancing deeper into the surrounding woodland vegetation.

No civilian or firefighter injuries were reported during the incident.