Bulloch helping fight wildfires

Local firefighters help battle blazes in Clinch County

Vehicles drive through smoke for wildfires in Ware County, Georgia. Firefighters scrambled Friday to contain three major wildfires in southeast Georgia, where the blazes had burned nearly 35 square miles total as strong winds spread the flames into woods as dry as tinder. - photo by Associated Press

W Georgia Wildfires Heal — Vehicles drive through smoke for wildfires in Ware County, Georgia. Firefighters scrambled Friday to contain three major wildfires in southeast Georgia, where the blazes had burned nearly 35 square miles total as strong winds spread the flames into woods as dry as tinder. - photo by Associated Press

Statesboro and Bulloch County firefighters headed to Clinch County Friday to help fight raging wildfires that consumed more than 4,000 acres as winds blew the flames out of control. Georgia Emergency Management Agency's Gordon Lowe called Bulloch County Public Safety Director Ted Wynn to request the aid, and Statesboro Public Safety Director Wendell Turner said Georgia Forestry Commission officials contacted him to ask for assistance. The city and county fire departments are working together as part of the Georgia Mutual Aid Group, Turner said.