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The governor of Georgia made a disaster declaration, making Ware and Brantley counties eligible for government aid. Smoke closed several roads in the area, including U.S. 1 . By May 9, the main fire had consumed over 116,000 acres (469 km 2 ), mainly south of Waycross, east of Fargo and west of Folkston in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge .
The following is a list of fire departments in the U.S. state of Georgia: ... Bern Volunteer Fire Department; Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services;
Ware County, Georgia's 60th county, was created on December 15, 1824, by an act of the Georgia General Assembly from land that was originally part of Appling County.. The county is named for Nicholas Ware, the mayor of Augusta, Georgia from (1819–1821) and United States Senator who represented Georgia from 1821 until his death in 1824.
Shelter-in-place recommendations and evacuation orders have been lifted Monday after a fire at a Georgia industrial plant caused a chemical reaction that prompted around 17,000 people to evacuate ...
Waycross is the county seat of and only incorporated city in Ware County in the U.S. state of Georgia.The population was 13,942 in the 2020 census.. Waycross gets its name from the city's location at key railroad junctions; lines from six directions meet at the city.
Buildings and structures in Ware County, Georgia (2 C, 8 P) E. Education in Ware County, Georgia (1 C, 3 P) G. ... Bugaboo Scrub Fire; D. Dixon Memorial State Forest; N.
Fire departments in the state of Georgia (U.S. state), ... DeKalb County Fire and Rescue This page was last edited on 9 December 2020, at 20:26 (UTC). ...
Dixon Memorial State Forest is a state forest in Brantley and Ware counties, located 10 miles southeast of Waycross, Georgia bordered by the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge to the south. The forest is approximately 35,000 acres and is the largest state forest owned and managed by the Georgia Forestry Commission .