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 FOLKSTON, Ga. (AP) - A second wildfire in the Okefenokee Swamp has burned more than 100,000 acres, rivaling in just five days the vast record-setting fire that has scorched southeast Georgia for more than three weeks, firefighters said Thursday.
The rapidly growing fire, fed by fast-burning swamp grasses, had been reported at just 68,650 acres Thursday morning. Though mostly well within the swamp, it was spreading mostly to the west toward the town of Fargo, a tiny city of 380 about eight miles west of the swamp.
Firefighters didn't know the exact acreage of the blaze, ignited Saturday by a lightning strike in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge.
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