Byron Haire, a fire information officer for the Georgia Forestry Commission, said Sunday an incident response team was monitoring about 130 acres of active flames just north of Billys Island, the northernmost reach of the fire so far.
Haire said the fire was being watched from the air but there were no plans to attack it with water unless the flames flared up.
Elsewhere in the swamp, Haire says the fire has retained its heat in a lot of areas but is only smoldering.
The fire information office says the fire was measured in a surveillance flight Sunday at 128,866 acres.
Orange glow of Okefenokee fire above trees about 1/2 mile from where picture was taken. Red glow in the foreground is from the lights on a fire truck behind the photographer. (Photo courtesy Phillip Anderson)
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