Tag Archives: Georgia

Operations are expected to continue into July     CUMBERLAND ISLAND, Ga. (AP) — The federal government is planning prescribed fires to help maintain one of coastal Georgia’s most pristine barrier islands. The National Park Service says controlled burning on ...

Okefenokee fire considered 90-percent contained   RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A wildfire that burned vast acreage and at one point threatened hundreds of homes near the Georgia-Florida state line has been nearly extinguished after steady rains ...

Wildfire threatened two towns near Okefenokee swamp   FOLKSTON, Ga. (AP) — A mandatory evacuation order has been lifted for two south Georgia towns threatened for days last week by a wildfire that had spread outside the boundaries of the ...

Aerial attack on West Mims Wildfire   Fox News – Raw video: Plane dumps thousands of gallons of fire retardant on West Mims Wildfire

Wildfire has burned 220 square miles since April 6   RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press Firefighters called up a giant air tanker to attack a rapidly growing wildfire that threatened homes Tuesday on the edge of the Okefenokee Swamp near the ...

Winds push Okefenokee fire across fire breaks   RUSS BYNUM, Associated Press ST. GEORGE, Ga. (AP) — The wildfire burning for weeks in southeast Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp had gotten so close that Mason Pair could see its orange glow through ...

Wildfire has burned over 129,000 acres   FOLKSTON, Ga. (AP) — Firefighters were battling Sunday to prevent a fire in a southern Georgia wildlife refuge from spreading, authorities said. The Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge said in a statement that “extremely ...

Wildfire has blackened over 150 square miles   FOLKSTON, Ga. (AP) — Rainfall from a recent storm failed to quench a vast wildfire in the Okefenokee Swamp on the Georgia-Florida line. A line of thunderstorms crossing southeast Georgia dumped just ...

Over 470 firefighters and support personnel work to contain the fire   FOLKSTON, Ga. (AP) — A wildfire on public lands near the Georgia-Florida state line has blackened 115 square miles (300 sq. kilometers) after doubling in size within a ...

Wildfire grew over 20 percent between Monday and Tuesday   FOLKSTON, Ga. (AP) — Officials say a wildfire on public lands near the Georgia-Florida state line has burned more than 90 square miles (233 sq. kilometers) as winds spread the ...