I thought I'd post some information about some recent wildfire activity in the southeastern U.S.
North Carolina
Siimmons Road, 5,632 acres, 70% contained as of July 13.
Juniper Road, 31,310 acres, 85% contained as of July 13.
Georgia
Sweat Farm Again-Satilla Summer Fires, 19,169 acres, 82% contained as of July 13.
Race Pond_Satilla Summer Fires, 20,934 acres, 82% contained as of July 13.
And for an update on the Honey Prairie Fire that has been burning since April 31. As of July 13, it has burned 297,952 acres and is 70% contained.
Florida
There has been some progress in the wildfire situation in Florida (asides from the Honey Prairie Fire, that I wrote about here and here. Inciweb's listing for Florida (current and inactive listings for the last couple months) may be found here. You might want to check out the webpage for the Florida Dept. of Forestry -Wildfire info.
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