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01:06We looked at all the records going back historically with the state.
01:10We believe that these two fires have created the most lost homes ever in the history of our state.
01:18So being the number one and two ranked fires in the country, also the most homes lost ever in a
01:23Georgia fire, really shows you just how bad these two fires are.
01:58Transcription by CastingWords
02:22We believe that one of the fires started when somebody was welding their gate.
02:28The spark fell on the ground, started a fire, they couldn't get it put out and it just spread from
02:32there.
02:33We believe the other fire was a balloon that landed on a power line and created an arc which then
02:41caught the ground on fire.
02:42But, you know, we've got investigators that are working on that now and we'll confirm all that later.
03:19Unfortunately, we believe that fire activity is going to remain extremely high throughout the weekend.
03:26And really, we need a change in the weather.
03:28I was telling Marty earlier, we've got to get her not only her pray shirt but a pray for rain
03:32shirt because that's what we need.
03:34We need a change in the weather.
03:36But until we get that, we're just going to stay after these fires and do everything we can to keep
03:41them contained and also protect homes and obviously lives.
04:12We'll see you next time.
04:15We'll see you next time.
