Firefighters and forestry officials make progress on putting out the Honey Prairie Fire

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Nearly one month ago (April 28th) lightning started the Honey Prairie fire in the Okeefenokee Swamp in Georgia. Over the following weeks the fire grew to more than 148,000 acres. Florida’s 89.1 WUFT-FM’s Samantha Taub reports, since then, firefighters and forestry officials have made progress on containment of the huge blaze.

[audio:http://www.wuft.org/media/audio/HoneyPrairieWRAPFINAL.mp3]

About Samantha Taub

Samantha is a reporter for WUFT News who may be contacted by calling 352-392-6397 or emailing news @wuft.org

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