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The fire burned approximately 1,500 acres, according to Douglas County Sheriff's Office. Crews got to the fire, and most of the initial attack was contained by 11:30 p.m. Saturday night.
Aug. 7—GRAND COULEE — A vegetation fire started shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday near G Road in Douglas County, near Coulee City. The fire was caused by a combine tractor igniting. The combine ...
Shelter-in-place recommendations and evacuation orders have been lifted Monday after a fire at a Georgia industrial plant caused a chemical reaction that prompted around 17,000 people to evacuate ...
Douglas County is a county located in the north central portion of the U.S. state of Georgia.As of the 2020 U.S. Census, the population was 144,237, [1] having more than doubled since 1990.
Lithia Springs (/ ˈ l ɪ θ iː ə /) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place, formerly incorporated as a city, located in northeastern Douglas County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the community had a population of 16,644. The area is named for its historic lithia mineral water springs.
Rectify (2013–2016), a SundanceTV original series, takes place in the fictional Paulie County, Georgia. Squidbillies (2005–2021), an animated Adult Swim series about anthropomorphic cephalopods, is set in rural, fictional Dougal County (a possible reference to Douglas County) in the hills of north Georgia. [9]
Firefighters battled a grass fire that sparked in Douglas County near Highway 85 Tuesday.
When county seats have been moved, a new courthouse was typically constructed. Courthouses in Georgia have also been destroyed by disasters including fire, tornadoes, war, and arson. The most recent county courthouse to suffer a disaster was the burning of Hancock County, Georgia's courthouse in August 2014.