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Total Containment Reached On North Georgia Wildfires

December 14th, 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

It took months of hard work, but fire crews in north Georgia can now claim victory. They’ve reached total containment in the region.

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Total Containment Reached On North Georgia Wildfires

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