Better day fighting wildfires in SE Georgia

Progress was made Wednesday against the massive wildfire along the Georgia-Florida state line. Little or no wind yesterday allowed firefighters to bolster containment lines against the blaze. However, officials expect the forecast to worsen the next few days. Stronger winds are expected to return with higher temperatures.

390 square miles of land have burned on or near the state line from the largest fire. For the fires combined burning in Georgia and Florida, the blazes have charred more than 600 square miles of forest and swampland.

Fires burn in north and south Georgia

Firefighters are dealing with blazes in both south and north Georgia today. Over this past weekend, it's believed a lightning strike sparked a fire burning along the Gilmer and Murray county line near Fort Mountain. It is between 350 to 500 acres burned, and reported to be about 60-percent contained. Pickens County has a fire that has burned 100 acres.

Continuing in southeast Georgia and now into Florida are the massive fires. The blaze that was sparked by lightning just over a week ago in the Okefenokee, has now charred over 233-thousand acres. The spread of the fire into Florida resulted in on-and-off closures of Interstate 75 from Georgia across the state line. Interstate 10 in Florida has also been closed at certain points. Hundreds of Florida residents forced from their homes are hoping to return. The longer-running fire burning in southeast Georgia continues. It has charred over 100-thousand acres.