Live: Georgia wildfires grow amid extreme drought conditions | cancellations, homes destroyed
After the Georgia Forestry Commission issued its first ever mandatory burn ban for 91 counties in the lower half of the state, Gov. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency for those same counties due to two wildfires that are expected to grow and cause hazy conditions across the state at least until Saturday.An active state of emergency order allows the governor to mobilize the Georgia National Guard troops to help with response and recovery. “With much of Georgia remaining in extreme drought conditions, wildfires have already surpassed the state’s 5-year average and continue to spread,” Kemp said in a statement Wednesday.
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