According to the U.S. Forest Service's interactive map, a wildfire is burning in the Big Ridge area which is about 812 acres large, as of about 8 a.m. Friday. When the USA Today Network contacted the ...

GEORGIA, USA — Georgia is experiencing an above-average wildfire season, with state forestry officials reporting a sharp increase in fire activity since the beginning of the year. Thomas Barrett ...

By March, the map shows the threat expands across much of the Southeast. Mississippi, eastern Louisiana, and most of the Carolinas and Georgia will face elevated fire risks. The situation is ...

A sweeping ban on campfires has been issued across Georgia’s Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest due to high fire danger from dry, windy conditions. The U.S. Forest Service has implemented ...

Officials said the fire started around 12:30 p.m. and spread fast, thanks to wind and dry conditions. It broke out near Georgia Highway 156, or New Rosedale Road, in the Armuchee community.

RABUN COUNTY, Ga. — Several roads and parks are closed and several bans have been issued after a wildfire has impacted more than 800 acres, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

As wildfires continue to flare across Georgia, the U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a campfire ban in northeast Georgia. More specifically, campfires are banned in the Chattahoochee-Oconee ...

The hurricane swept through Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and ... there were at least five active wildfires in the state, according to an interactive map by the North Carolina Forest Service.

According to the U.S. Forest Service's interactive map, a wildfire is burning ... since January, Georgia officials have responded to 1,644 wildfires burning 13,951 acres, destroying or damaging ...