Firefighters from the Tampa Bay area are headed to the Florida Panhandle to join the fight against the thousand-acres wide wildfires that have forced 1,100 home evacuations.

A strike team of Hillsborough County firefighters deployed Monday evening to the Bay County area. The Tampa Bay area firefighters are part of a task force that will protect structures from the Chipola Complex wildfire.

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