Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
Firefighters and first responders came from these 32 states to help fight the fires, which wreaked havoc burning over 22,000 acres of land and claimed over 120 homes or dwellings to be lost in the past two weeks here in Brantley County.
This will go down as the most destructive fire in Georgia history. I have taken pictures of a lot of it and it has really been bad.
Real bad. For the past 25 years, I have strived to do my best to show the beauty of Brantley County. Several of my photos taken right here in the county have won contests to prove I’m not the only one that has felt that way.
I will continue taking pictures of Brantley County, as it is my home and always has been. I have also met a lot of firefighters, first responders and many others in the past couple of weeks who I now consider my friends.
They are some of the greatest bunch of people I have ever met. Many have come a long way from home, leaving their families behind to come do what they could to save many of ours.
They have told me the locals have all been so nice to them.
• Wayne Morgan is freelance wildlife photographer and author.
