SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – The flames may be burning miles away, but the smoke is already showing up in Savannah-area emergency rooms.
Wildfires burning in South Georgia — including a large fire in Brantley County that officials say has impacted dozens of homes and destroyed 54 houses, according to a county commissioner — are sending smoke across coastal Georgia and affecting air quality, health officials say.
Dr. Timothy Connelly, an internal medicine specialist at Memorial Health in Savannah, said smoke can be dangerous even for people who are far from the fire lines…