I discovered my local newspaper ran a special report about Wildfires '98 online. See it below:
Wildfires '98
The wildfire started in late May 1998. I was working at sunglasses company, Capo, at that time. Capo is north of where I lived. My husband, Todd, and I were living together as a married couple in a different apt. We smelled a smoke so bad. The smoky air was coming from north. We had no rain for almost 3 months. One night in July 1998, while my husband was working at a hotel in Daytona Beach, Dad came over to get me out of my apt quickly. I was upset. I was trying to watch a movie tape but he interrupted me. As Dad was driving a car, I noticed so many vehicles like big trucks, cars, etc. were heading for U.S. 1 or A1A road from Ridgewood Avenue. Traffic was bad. First stop at my husband's work in Daytona Beach cuz Dad informed Todd about our place and where I stay. And then Dad sent me to a different hotel on a beachfront in Ormond Beach. Later on, I learned so many residents on the west side of Nova Road were evacuated but I lived on the east side. Dad was probably wrong. I think he was confused. At the hotel that night, we called Mom in Melbourne, Florida, where my oldest brother lived in at that time, she was stuck there. I complained Mom about Dad personally. Todd and I were staying at a hotel for one night and one day. And we returned to our apt. We later went back to Melbourne for visiting Mom and Joe. One night as Todd was driving a car, we noticed a smoke coming out of area on the east side of us. We were diverted to another road south, not on I-95 highway. A big fire. Wow!
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