Georgia and Florida Wildfires Surging Under Drought, Gov. Declares Emergency

Drought-fueled wildfires raked Georgia and Florida, with the Pineland Road fire near Fargo in Georgia at 31,307 acres (10% contained) and the Highway 82 fire in Atkinson at 5,531 acres (15% contained), while dozens of homes were destroyed and a state of emergency was declared for 91 counties in Georgia; burn bans were enacted in multiple counties as maps track the blazes across the region.