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WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP) - Gusting winds fueled the spread of wildfires Friday in southeast Georgia, where about 58 square miles of forest were burning and flames swept closer to the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.
The southward-blowing wind kept the largest wildfire, which covered about 35,000 acres Friday, from spreading in the direction of Waycross, a city of 15,300 people just northeast of the massive blaze, said Eric Mosley, a state forestry commission spokesman.
"We think tomorrow the wind may shift, reverse course and send the fire back toward Waycross," Mosley said.
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