Numerous North Georgia Wildfires Now Fully Contained

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November 21st, 2016

Firefighters Valarie Lopez, left, and Mark Tabaez work to cool hot spots after a wildfire burned a hillside Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, in Clayton, Ga. On Tuesday, the Tennessee Valley Authority issued a burn ban on its public lands across Tennessee and in parts of Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina and Virginia. U.S. Forest … Continued

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Crews made progress against the wildfires in North Georgia this weekend.

The Rough Ridge fire, the largest current wildfire in the state with roughly 28,000 acres scorched, is now 55 percent contained.

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