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The Florida Folk Festival, the nation's oldest continuous festival, was cancelled for the first time because of the fire. (It was later rescheduled for November.) The major fire which entered from Georgia caused closures of Interstate 75 from the state line (and at times as far north as Valdosta) to Interstate 10. I-10 also had sections closed ...
The following is a list of fire departments in the U.S. state of Georgia: This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (March 2017)
Dumfries-Triangle Volunteer Fire Department - Montclair Montclair: 517 1938 Engine 517, Engine 517B, Brush 517, Boat 517 Dale City Volunteer Fire Department - Station 518 Dale City: 518 1967 Engine 518, Ambulance 518, Brush 518, Utility Dale City Volunteer Fire Department - Station 520 Dale City: 520 1967
Hundreds of alligators swarmed Okefenokee Swamp in Fargo, Georgia last week and the video is making viewers uneasy. WSB-TV in Atlanta shared a video on Facebook on Thursday, July 18th shot by a ...
Washington Ditch in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in 2016. The Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge was created in 1974 to help protect and preserve a portion of the Great Dismal Swamp, a marshy region on the Coastal Plain of southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina between Norfolk, Virginia, and Elizabeth City, North Carolina in the United States.
The Honey Prairie Fire was a 2011 wildfire that burned 309,200 acres (1,251 km 2) of primarily scrub and brush in the Okefenokee Swamp of southern Georgia. [2] Because fire restores the prairie ecosystem, fire managers in the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge allowed the fire to burn. Fire fighters worked to preserve structures and keep the ...
The entire swamp is underlain by a layer of peat. Several theories exist about the lake's origin. Some postulate that it was created by a large underground peat fire 3,500–6,000 years ago. Native American legends speak of "the fire bird" creating Lake Drummond. [1] Other theories include a meteorite impact and a tectonic shift.
VA-TF1 members conduct a rescue operation after the 2010 Haiti earthquake. VA TF1 personnel on board a US Air Force C-17 transport en route to Nepal in 2015. Urban Search and Rescue Virginia Task Force 1 or VA-TF1 is a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Task Force based in Fairfax County, Virginia.