APPLING, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – Two brush fires were quickly contained by Columbia County firefighters Thursday afternoon, but not before backing up traffic on Interstate 20.
The flames were roughly a mile west of the rest areas.
We were there as a trooper from the Georgia State Patrol, with an ax and a fire extinguisher, stopped one of the fires from spreading into the woodline, along the interstate’s median…