Worst drought in 10 years fuels north Georgia wildfires

The risk of wildfires is very high across north Georgia. State forestry officials say the current drought is the worst in nearly a decade.

Near Pine Log Mountain in Bartow County, on Friday, state forest rangers rolled out a bulldozer because they needed to.

“We’re experiencing one of the worst droughts in north Georgia that we’ve had in almost a decade,” said Seth Hawkins with the Georgia Forestry Commission…

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