Wildfires are continuing to burn across southeastern Georgia, with officials warning that drought-stricken conditions and limited rainfall are allowing fires to spread quickly.

The National Interagency Fire Center has announced that the fire has grown to 22,615 acres, bringing it to 6% contained.

A second fire about 70 miles (110 kilometers) to the southwest in Clinch and Echols counties, near the Florida state line, had burned more than 46 square miles (121 square kilometers), destroyed at le...