New wildfire in south Georgia

Officials in southeast Georgia reported a new fire that sparked in the Little Okefenokee Swamp Sunday afternoon. It's just north of Folkston, and four miles east of the U.S.-1 and S.R.-121 intersection. This is all part of the bigger picture, in which wildfires in total have burned over half a million acres in southern Georgia and northern Florida. About a dozen homes south of Waycross remained evacuated Sunday.

As dry conditions prevail across the state, officials are urging Georgians to use extreme caution with campfires and cookouts today as they celebrate the holiday. Giving up outdoor cookouts altogether is an option officials would like residents to consider.