Georgia Department of Corrections inmate fire teams are assisting with the Brantley County fires (Courtesy of Georgia Department of Corrections)
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
BRANTLEY COUNTY, Ga. – The fire has grown to about 20,933 acres and is 7% contained, with crews focusing heavily on protecting homes and key corridors as conditions change.
As of the most recent report, approximately 90 structures have been impacted by the fire.
Lance Robinson, operations section chief with the Southern Area Complex Incident Management Team One, said the fire crossed Highway 32 to the north and that crews are working both the east and west flanks to tie in new containment lines and complete “structure assessments”—a process he described as identifying buildings in the fire’s path and taking steps to protect them before flames arrive.
Gov. Brian Kemp surveyed the wildfire response along with the Georgia National Guard and other state leaders on Friday before sharing an update at the command center at the Waycross-Ware County Airport.
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