Francis Marion Wildfire Grows Past 800 Acres, 0% Contained MyrtleBeachSC News

While the Francis Marion wildfire keeps spreading, so does containment. What does that mean?

While official measurements show that the wildfire burning in the Francis Marion National Forest is growing in spread, firefighters have increasingly contained it as well.

Francis Marion Wildfire Grows Past 800 Acres, 0% Contained MyrtleBeachSC News

A wildfire burning in the Francis Marion National Forest has grown to at least 800 acres with no containment, and the U.S. Forest Service is leading a federal-and-local firefight roughly 40 minutes north of Charleston. The blaze, named the Horse Island Fire, sits in the Lowcountry — not the Grand Strand — but it is burning under the same bone-dry conditions now gripping Horry County, where nearly the entire county sits in extreme drought. This d…