Good to be with you. I'm Tony DeCoppo. The breaking news right now.

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DeCopold.

Good evening. Thousands of acres of Georgia and Florida are charred or still burning tonight as wildfires continue to menace the southeast.

Dozens of fires in all dotting both sides of the Florida Georgia line. The embers spread by high winds and the smoke now draped over Atlanta,

making the air unhealthy for the vulnerable as far north as Columbia, South Carolina.

Hundreds of people have evacuated, some not sure whether their homes are still there at this

hour. More than 50 homes have already burned, according to authorities. And the Brantley

County manager says, it's a miracle no one has died.

CBS News, senior national correspondent Mark Strassman, is in the wildfire zone for us tonight

in Waynesville, Georgia. Mark, good evening.

Good evening, Tony. Mid-afternoon here, the winds picked up, changed direction, and suddenly

this county had a new hot fire to fight.

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