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Firefighters battle mulch blaze
Fire ignited from hot engine of front-end loader
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Bulloch County firefighters battled a blaze at a mulch plant east of Brooklet for more than 12 hours on Wednesday. About 131,000 gallons of water was used to douse the flames at Southern Nature Products, said Bulloch County fire Chief Christopher Ivey. Firefighters were wrapping up and using the last of the water around 4:15 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, almost a full 13 hours after first receiving the call around 3:27 a.m., he said.
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