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Rain helps firefighters battling Okefenokee fire

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Posted 12:14PM on Monday 20th May 2002 ( 23 years ago )
FOLKSTON - Rain over the weekend provided firefighters a break from battling Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge fires, but fire information specialist Gil Knight says, ``We&#39;re just looking at this as a lull in the action.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> Hot weather was expected to return to the area Monday. <br> <br> Knight says about 95,000 acres of the refuge was buring Sunday. He says rainfall amounts of up to six inches in the Fargo area were recorded over the weekend.

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