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At least 120 homes destroyed in Georgia wildfires
Key takeaways
- One of the fires is now bigger than Manhattan and still spreading.
- Areas that used to be lush pine forests have been ravaged by the fires and are now covered in black and ash, with the ground still warm from the fires and smoke still rising in some burned-out areas.
- The two largest wildfires have burned about 54,000 acres and destroyed more than 120 homes.
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One of the fires is now bigger than Manhattan and still spreading. The Highway 82 fire grew by 10,000 acres over the weekend, more than doubling in size.
Areas that used to be lush pine forests have been ravaged by the fires and are now covered in black and ash, with the ground still warm from the fires and smoke still rising in some burned-out areas.
The two largest wildfires have burned about 54,000 acres and destroyed more than 120 homes.
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