Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Firefighters Continue To Battle Blazes in Florida, Georgia

(Ellijay, GA) -- Firefighters in Florida and Georgia continue to have their hands full battling wildfires. In northern Florida, there are more than 235 active fires. The largest, the so-called "Bugaboo Fire," has charred about 100-thousand acres and is only 30-percent contained. Smoke from that blaze is causing low visibility on some interstates. There's also a 900-acre blaze in the Chattahoochee National Forest in northern Georgia. That fire is about 80-percent contained.

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