Wildfires burning in Georgia and Florida have destroyed homes, threatened more residences, forced evacuations and closed roads as thousands of acres continue to burn on April 24. Two large wildfires burning in drought-stricken southeast Georgia have destroyed more than 120 homes and are threatening nearly 1,000 more, Gov. Brian Kemp said Friday, the Associated Press reported. Kemp told reporters after touring the fire area that state officials believe the wildfires have burned more homes than any other in Georgia’s history, the AP said. At least 20 large fires are uncontained across the Southern states, the busiest area for fires in the country right now, according to the National Interagency Fire Center in an April 23 update. On April 22 alone, 90 new wildfires were reported in the South. Firefighters in Georgia are working to contain two major blazes while battling smaller fires that continue cropping up. On April 23, dozens of new fires sprang up. The largest fire in the state, the Pineland Road Fire in Clinch County had burned over 31,000 acres and was 10% contained, according to the Georgia Forestry Commission. The Highway 82 Fire in Brantley County had burned about 5,000 acre

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