CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) -- Federal officials say a rocket test on a Florida launch pad sparked a wildfire.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Fire Management Division said that the fire was sparked Sunday during a static fire test of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket.
Fire officials say the wildfire spread to two acres on a small island near Pad 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.
Helicopters dropped water on the blaze.
The fire didn't threaten any structures.
SpaceX said in a tweet that the static test fire was complete and that the rocket was set to launch next week on a mission to resupply the international space station.
@USFWSSoutheast@FLForestService@FFS_ORLANDO@FFS_Bunnell@Florida_Today@BCFRpio@DOIWildlandFire@NASAKennedy@MyNews13#USFWS firefighters report the #RedRibbonFire is showing little smoke after numerous bucket drops #FLfirepic.twitter.com/dDACGhfNH0
— USFWS Fire SE (@USFWSFireSE) May 28, 2017
Static fire test of Falcon 9 complete—targeting June 1 launch from historic Pad 39A for Dragon’s next resupply mission to the @Space_Stationpic.twitter.com/LjG6JdVtCo
— SpaceX (@SpaceX) May 28, 2017
