Wildfires burning in Georgia and Florida have destroyed nearly 100 homes, threaten more residences, forced evacuations and closed roads as thousands of acres continue to burn on April 24.
At least 20 large fires are uncontained across the Southern states, the busiest area for fires in the country right now, according to the National Interagency Fire Center in an April 23 update. On April 22 alone, 90 new wildfires were reported in the South.
Firefighters in Georgia are working to contain two major blazes while battling smaller fires that continue cropping up. On April 23, dozens of new fires sprang up. The largest fire in the state, the Pineland Road Fire in Clinch County had burned over 31,000 acres and was 10% contained, according to the Georgia Forestry Commission. The Highway 82 Fire in Brantley County had burned about 5,000 acres and was 15% contained.
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"This is still a dynamic fire event," Joey Cason, Brantley County manager, said the morning of April 24. "If you receive a mandatory evacuation notice, we need to evacuate just as quickly as possible. ... That containment can move from 15% to 0% in a matter of minutes with the wind."
