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Dodging decades of demolition: How the Lula fire tower has survived

Doug Andrews, chief ranger with the Georgia Forestry Commission, stands in front of a fire tower at the Georgia Forestry Commission in Lula on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. The fire tower reaches 100 feet high and is one of the few still in use around Georgia. - photo by Austin Steele

01042019 FIRETOWER 002.JPG — Doug Andrews, chief ranger with the Georgia Forestry Commission, stands in front of a fire tower at the Georgia Forestry Commission in Lula on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019. The fire tower reaches 100 feet high and is one of the few still in use around Georgia. - photo by Austin Steele

Reaching 100 feet high, the fire tower next to the Georgia Forestry Commission office in Lula is one of few still in use around Georgia.