©BrantleyCountyECHOLS COUNTY, Ga. — Firefighters battling the Pineland Road Fire in south Georgia pushed strategic “backburns” inside the evacuation zone as the wildfire grew to 32,569 acres and remained 23% contained, according to the Georgia Forestry Commission. The fire continued to challenge crews across Clinch and Echols counties with active fire behavior, the agency said in its Wednesday update. Mandatory evacuations remained in effect in Echols County… Officials reported no injuries. With permission from the Georgia Forestry Commission, Atlanta News First went inside the evacuation zone and up to the fire line. …Crews were carrying out what officials call a “strategic firing operation,” a controlled burn designed to remove dry brush and other fuel ahead of the main fire, especially in areas too dangerous for heavy equipment. Georgia Forestry Commission said the goal was to widen blackened buffer zones and prevent hidden heat deep in bogs from reigniting weeks or months later…