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Residents have created a “pod squad” to lead drills for wildfire evacuations. They’re seeing more interest after January’s devastating fires in Los Angeles.
If citizens got an emergency alert when the South Carolina Forestry Commissioner issued an ban on burning - that could ...
The DCNR reports the Hammonds Rocks Fire is 100% contained. The Thompson Hollow Fire has increased to 80% contained.
The Forestry Commission said the Table Rock State Park fire burned 13,845 acres before containment, and the Persimmon Ridge fire burned 2,128. Data from the Forestry Commission shows the Table ...
Despite these challenges, over 250 personnel and air support, including Black Hawk helicopters, are making gains, offering hope for containment ... The Table Rock Complex Fire, now a historic ...
The Forestry Commission said the Table Rock State Park fire burned 13,845 acres before containment, and the Persimmon Ridge fire burned 2,128. The remaining crews continue to focus on suppression ...
According to State Fire Marshal Jonathan Jones, the Table Rock Complex fires led to the ... “Water bars will also be installed on containment lines to divert surface water runoff back into ...
The Table Rock Fire, which broke out on March 21 ... to stay alert for ongoing forestry activity and to avoid fire containment zones where crews are continuing repair operations.
With containment numbers in the 90s and a solid black perimeter marked on the fire maps, the battle against two forest fires in the Upstate has nearly come to an end l ...
PICKENS — With containment numbers in the 90s and a ... Ground crews have been able to walk the 60-plus-mile perimeter of the Table Rock Fire checking for heat, said Mike Brod, operations ...
South Carolina Forestry Commission agents made the arrests Tuesday in the Table Rock and Persimmon Ridge wildfires, the state's largest-ever ...
The weather has improved for firefighting, but wildfires continue to burn in WNC and the Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times ...