CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Two hundred firefighters are still battling a blaze that has charred 61,000 acres in North Florida. Jennifer Wang of CNN affiliate WKMG is on fire watch.</s>JENNIFER WANG, WKMG REPORTER (voice-over): Firefighters say they're doing the best they can to bring the swamp fire under control, but Mother Nature isn't helping.</s>CHRIS OTREMBA, DIVISION OF FORESTRY: A lot of low humidity that we're having, and the wind, it's making erratic fire behavior. So that's the biggest problem right now. It's hard to predict what it's going to do.</s>WANG: Smoke from this fire, as well as other fires in the region, blanketed all of Central Florida, shutting down highways. But one small community right next to the fire says it won't ruin their weekend.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Can I put it in this?</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Yes.</s>WANG: They're going ahead with a block party designed to bring the neighborhood together.</s>SHANNON SOMMELLA, LOCAL RESIDENT: We're just happy to be here, I think. We didn't get evacuated and just -- our houses are still here.</s>WANG: Even though, at times, the flames came close and, at times, the smoke was unbearable.</s>PAUL ATWOOD, LOCAL RESIDENT: Literally, it was like five or 10 minutes and my eyes were burning. I had to go in the house, wash my eyes Out. It was that bad. You couldn't stand outside.</s>LIN: That was Jennifer Wang reporting.
Firefighters Battle Blaze in North Florida