EFFINGHAM COUNTY, Ga. (WTOC) – [UPDATE 4/24 at 7 a.m.] Effingham County Fire Rescue posted on social media that The wildfire at Pryor Rd and Oliver-Kildare Rd has been contained by Georgia Forestry.
[ORIGINAL STORY] Firefighters in Effingham County spent the evening battling a fast-moving brush fire that forced a road closure, and officials say dry, windy conditions are making fires harder to stop.
Smoke, flames and emergency lights rose over a stretch of Effingham County as crews fought to keep a brush fire from growing and moving toward homes and roadways.
Third fire in area
Fire Chief Clinton Hodges, Effingham County emergency director, said the fire burned 90 to 100 acres…