Heat, Dry Conditions Fuel Forest Fire Fears
From Times Wire Reports
With a lack of rain and record heat, state fire managers are worried that a mammoth blaze could engulf hundreds of thousands of forest acres--and countless homes. More than 1,000 acres have burned in or near Apalachicola National Forest, a 600,000-acre spread about 20 miles from Tallahassee. A new fire that broke out added more than 500 acres to the toll.
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