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A group of South Carolina lawmakers will continue considering a bill that would increase penalties for illegal burning.
More progress is being made to fully contain a wildfire in Carolina Forest after it was first sparked over a month ago.
Bingham was caught making an outdoor fire not once but twice. Man faces serious penalty after defying statewide burn ban: 'A ...
The South Carolina Forestry Commission arrested three suspects on charges related to a wildfire in Pickens County.
Crews have made significant progress on the Table Rock Complex fire, according to the South Carolina Forestry Commission ...
Investigators allege that the suspects were smoking along a hiking trail and failed to properly extinguish their cigarettes, ...
Crews have made lots of progress as they transition into their response to the largest wildfire in Upstate history.
The South Carolina Forestry Commission’s (SCFC) burning ban has been lifted in the last five counties, effectively cancelling the statewide burn ban.
"SCFC investigators along with Pickens County Sheriff’s Office detectives obtained evidence that they allege identified these subjects as suspects in the origin of the Table Rock State Park fire," it ...
A burn ban is in place for all of South Carolina. A burn ban is in place due to the heightened risk of fire spreading in dry ...