Bugaboo Scrub Fire

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In 2007 lightning strikes caused the largest wildfire in Georgia's history, which burned more than 564,000 acres. Known as the Bugaboo Scrub Fire or the Georgia Bay Complex Fire, it took almost two months to put out.

Photograph from FEMA

Bugaboo Scrub Fire

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