A major fire burning in southeast Georgia could burn into winter. The Sweat Farm Road Fire is the Southeast’s biggest wildfire in over a century. The Georgia Forestry Commission says despite heavy rainfall earlier this month, the blaze will keep going until at least December. The fire sparked in mid-April from downed power lines. It spread quickly, burning over 80,000 acres in Ware and Charlton counties. Losses have reached over $29 million dollars.
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Monday, June 25, 2007
Wildfire could burn into winter
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6/25/2007 06:18:00 PM
Labels: Charlton County, Georgia wildfires, Sweat Farm Road fire, Ware County