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FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
733 AM EDT THU APR 30 2026
...BURNING BAN REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN
SOUTH CAROLINA...
THE SOUTH CAROLINA FORESTRY COMMISSION HAS LIFTED THE STATE
FORESTER'S BURNING BAN FOR AN ADDITIONAL SEVEN COUNTIES,
EFFECTIVE AT 7 A.M., THURSDAY, APRIL 30.
AGENCY OFFICIALS BELIEVE THE COMBINATION OF RAIN AND ELEVATED
RELATIVE HUMIDITY STRETCHING FROM THE MIDLANDS TO THE UPSTATE
WARRANT REMOVING EDGEFIELD, FAIRFIELD, NEWBERRY, LEXINGTON,
MCCORMICK, RICHLAND AND SALUDA COUNTIES FROM OUTDOOR BURNING
RESTRICTIONS.
TWENTY-SEVEN COUNTIES REMAIN SUBJECT TO THE BAN, HOWEVER,
HIGHLIGHTING THE ELEVATED FIRE DANGER THAT REMAINS IN A MAJORITY
OF THE STATE.
“WE’RE SEEING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES INCREASE ACROSS THE STATE EACH
DAY AS WELL AS GOOD RH RECOVERY OVERNIGHT, WHICH RAISES THE
MOISTURE LEVEL IN FINER FOREST FUELS,” SAID SCFC FIRE CHIEF DARRYL
JONES. “SUSTAINED WINDS AND GUSTS ARE LOWER TOO, AND THE PROSPECT
OF EVEN MORE RAIN ACROSS GREATER PORTIONS OF THE STATE OVER THE
NEXT WEEK COULD HELP US GET OUT OF WHAT HAS BEEN AN EXTENDED
PERIOD OF FIRE DANGER THIS YEAR.”
CITIZENS WHO MAY PLAN TO CONDUCT OUTDOOR BURNING OF RESIDENTIAL
YARD DEBRIS OR PRESCRIBED BURNS IN COUNTIES NOT SUBJECT TO THE
BURNING BAN MUST STILL NOTIFY THE FORESTRY COMMISSION BEFORE DOING
SO.
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