US EditionSC Forestry lifts burning ban for 41 counties due to improved conditions
- The South Carolina Forestry Commission lifted a statewide burning ban on Monday, March 31, for 41 of South Carolina's 46 counties, while wildfires continued to burn in the Carolinas.
- The burning ban, initially put in place on March 21 due to low relative humidity and gusting winds, was lifted because those dangerous conditions are expected to subside statewide.
- The Table Rock Fire, the largest of the wildfires, is burning in Pickens and Greenville counties in South Carolina and has grown to over 13,000 acres, while the Black Cove complex of fires in North Carolina is over 7,600 acres.
- SCFC Fire Chief Darryl Jones stated that burning bans are not intended as extended solutions to wildfires, and the lifted ban requires citizens to notify the Forestry Commission before conducting outdoor burning of residential yard debris or prescribed burns.
- Despite the lifted ban in most counties, a burning ban remains in effect for Greenville, Horry, Oconee, Pickens, and Spartanburg counties, and above-average fire danger is expected through April, historically the worst month for wildfires in South Carolina, requiring vigilance when burning outdoors.
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SC Forestry lifts burning ban for 41 counties due to improved conditions
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) - A statewide burn ban will be lifted Monday morning for multiple South Carolina counties. The South Carolina Forestry Commission said the outdoor burning ban put into place March 21 has been lifted for 41 counties as of 6 a.m. Officials said the dangerous combination of low relative humidities and gusty winds that prompted the initial ban has improved and is expected to ease significantly across the state over the next wee…
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