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Firefighters are at work in DeKalb County.
DeKalb County firefighters were battling a blaze Friday afternoon near the First Baptist Church in Lithonia, Channel 2 Action News reported. The scene is on Hillandale Drive near I-20. The blaze was reported under control about 5:30 p.m.
Also, crews in Forsyth County were battling a 1-acre fire on Greenwood Acres near Cumming, Channel 2 reported. That blaze was threatening three homes in a neighborhood.
There were 64 new fires reported statewide since Thursday, Georgia Forestry Commission spokeswoman Wendy Burnett said.
In all, October wildfire activity in the state was more than 200 times the five-year average for the month, the GFC said in a Facebook post.
"We are stretched with fires breaking out all over," Burnett said, "but our folks are some of the most dedicated and professional that you could hope to meet. So we are confident when we say, 'We've got this.'"
Burnett said the GFC has been able to move some firefighters from areas with lower activity to some of the "hot spots." And the agency has gotten help from local fire departments and other agencies.
Gwinnett County fire spokesman Tommy Rutledge said the GFC has helped his agency cut firebreaks around the perimeter of burn areas as needed.
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