Wildfires Persist On FL-GA Border: 365 Square Miles Charred

Associated Press:

Authorities briefly reopened two highways crossing north Florida into Georgia on Sunday before dense wildfire smoke forced them to again halt traffic, while hundreds of Florida residents waited to return to their threatened homes.

Officials said Sunday that the wildfire that had raced through the Okefenokee Swamp in southeast Georgia and into Florida had charred more than 233,700 acres -- or about 365 square miles -- since it was started by lightning a week ago.

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