Georgia wildfire flares up in Okefenokee Swamp

From: Charleston Gazette | Date: April 25, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

WAYCROSS, Ga. - Wildfire spread rapidly Tuesday through the Okefenokee Swamp, fueled by dense and dry trees and brush, and firefighters tried to contain the blaze before it could spread onto private land in southeast Georgia.

The swamp fire, less than 10 miles southeast of Waycross, sent up a towering cloud of smoke near the entrance to the private, nonprofit Okefenokee Swamp Park. Wildfires have burned 53,000 acres, or about 67 square miles, of forest parched by drought here in the past eight days.

Byron Haire, a spokesman for the Georgia Forestry Commission, said the fire appeared to be ...

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