In Baker County, a fire was burned Thursday in a wooded area behind Northeast Florida State Hospital. No buildings were threatened and fire officials said the fire was contained.

Fires in southeast Georgia have consumed nearly 300 square miles over the past six weeks, mostly inside the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.

Firefighters said that as hard as county and state workers are battling to contain the fires -- sometimes stopping the fire from reaching homeowners' backyards -- the only thing that will put them out would be some sustained rainfall.

?We need a lot of rain to come and just sit down on us for a while to be able to put these fires out and get our moisture contact back," Ward said.

While he waits for significant rainfall, Flagler County residents like Johnny Brown, will remain worried.

"I bought it in 2008, and I have never seen the fire this close to this neighborhood," Brown said.