WILDFIRE LATEST: fires still active across SC, most of 100+ reported contained: SCFC

LOWCOUNTRY, S.C. (WCIV) — UPDATE: (6:00 p.m.) The SCFC said the Carolina Forest fire has expanded to 1,600 acres and is 30% contained. The Lewis Ocean Bay fire is marked as contained on the interactive wildfire map.

UPDATE: (3:30 p.m.) The Orangeburg County fire near Pooh Lane has been upgraded to an active fire, according to the SCFC map.

UPDATE: (1:30 p.m.) A fire has been reported in Orangeburg County near Pooh Lane. SCFC has yet to confirm it as active.

UPDATE: (1:00 p.m.) An active fire near Huger has been 100% contained and downgraded to controlled. SCFC reports it was around 3 acres large.

UPDATE: (11:30 a.m.) A reported fire near Huger in Berkeley County as been upgraded to active by the South Carolina Forestry Commission near Bess Lane. News 4 has crews en route.

The active fire in Colleton County has been downgraded to contained.

UPDATE: (11:15 a.m.) The Charleston County fire reported as active in McClellanville has been removed from the wildfire map. News 4 crews searched the area and found no active fire.

UPDATE: (10:30 a.m.) The Berkeley County fire has been reported as contained, while new active fires have been reported in Clarnedon County near Salem Road and Kershaw County near Oak Ridge Church Road.

(ORIGINAL/10:00 a.m.) – Over 100 wildfires have been reported across South Carolina since Friday, with 6 remaining active into Sunday morning, according to the South Carolina Forestry Commission (SCFC).

The remaining active fires, according to the SCFC website, were burning in Charleston County, Berkeley County, Colleton County, Pickens County, and Horry County.

View the SCFC interactive wildfire map by clicking here.

As of 10 a.m. Sunday in the Lowcountry:

  • Charleston County – McClellanville, Randall Road, size and containment % not given, UPDATE: REMOVED FROM MAP
  • Berkeley County – Cross/Nelson Hill in between Lake Moultrie and Lake Marion, Fryes Lane, UPDATE: CONTAINED AS OF 10:25 A.M.
  • Colleton County – Bells Crossroads/Ashton, Homestead Road, size and containment % not given, UPDATE: CONTAINED AS OF 11:30 A.M.

Around the state:

The SCFC reports over 4,200 acres across the Palmetto State have been burned in 175 fires in the last 7 days, most of them coming between Friday, Feb. 28 and Sunday, Mar. 2.

A burn ban is still in effect for the state.

READ MORE | “Statewide burn ban issued by SC Forestry Commission amid wildfires

To learn more about wildfires and how they are combatted, click here.

These fires are developing and this story will be updated.

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