Pender fire torches more than 18,000 acres; evacuation area extended
Story Date: 6/23/2011

 

Source:  WILMINGTON STAR-NEWS, 6/22/11

Shelters opened for evacuees Wednesday as the wildfire ripping through northern Pender County doubled in size to 18,283 acres, enveloping much of Holly Shelter in a thick fog of smokey haze.

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