Article 7559X Southern US wildfires force residents to flee: ‘I don’t know if I have a house standing or not’

Southern US wildfires force residents to flee: ‘I don’t know if I have a house standing or not’

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Fires that spread during drought in Georgia and Florida have blanketed cities hundreds of miles away in smoke

Wildfires tearing through the south have forced hundreds of Georgia residents to flee in minutes, leaving them distraught about the homes and animals they left behind.

The fires that spread this week during an extreme drought in Georgia and Florida have blanketed cities hundreds of miles away in smoke, leading to more air quality warnings Thursday across the southeast.

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