SE Georgia fire causes more evacuations

It was a tough day on the fire lines Thursday as the massive blaze in southeast Georgia forced additional evacuations and more damage.

Gusty winds kicked-up a fire near Nahunta--east of Waycross. Officials said 25 to 30 homes were evacuated. It also affected a stretch of state highway 301.
Authorities also asked people in and around the community of Astoria to leave their homes again, as fire from the Okefenokee swamp drew closer. Many of the same people had left their homes for a brief time early Wednesday morning. Emergency officials also had to close a 16-mile stretch of U.S.-1 between Waycross and Jacksonville.

22 homes have now been destroyed in total since the fire started a week and a half ago. The blaze has blackened 95 square miles of land.