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FIRE DANGER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLUMBIA SC
1027 AM EDT MON APR 20 2026
..STATEWIDE BURNING BAN REMAINS IN EFFECT
THE SOUTH CAROLINA FORESTRY COMMISSION HAS ISSUING A STATE
FORESTER’S BURNING BAN FOR ALL COUNTIES, IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE.
A STATE FORESTER’S BURNING BAN PROHIBITS ALL OUTDOOR BURNING,
INCLUDING YARD DEBRIS BURNING, PRESCRIBED BURNING, CAMPFIRES,
BONFIRES AND OTHER RECREATIONAL FIRES IN ALL UNINCORPORATED AREAS OF
THE STATE.
FORESTRY COMMISSION OFFICIALS CITE A PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS MIX OF
ELEVATED WILDFIRE RISK FACTORS THROUGH THE WEEKEND THAT WARRANT
LIMITING ALL IGNITIONS IN THE INTEREST OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
RAPIDLY ESCALATING DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE STATE, A CRITICAL
DECREASE IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS AND GUSTY
WINDS THAT ARE EXPECTED TO ACCOMPANY AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT WILL
COMBINE TO CREATE EXTREME FIRE DANGER.
"WHEN IT’S THIS DRY – ENERGY RELEASE COMPONENT VALUES ARE AT HIGH-TO-
CRITICAL LEVELS – WE’RE JUST AS LIKELY, IF NOT MORE, TO SEE
WILDFIRES THAT ARE FUEL-DRIVEN RATHER THAN WIND-DRIVEN. ADD THE
OTHER VOLATILE CONDITIONS OF INCREASED WIND AND LOWER RELATIVE
HUMIDITY, AND IT BECOMES AN ESPECIALLY PRECARIOUS SITUATION,” SAID
SCFC FIRE CHIEF DARRYL JONES. "THESE CONDITIONS NOT ONLY INCREASE
THE LIKELIHOOD OF WILDFIRES IGNITING EASILY AND SPREADING RAPIDLY,
BUT WOULD ALSO MAKE THEM MORE DIFFICULT FOR FIREFIGHTERS TO CONTROL.”
WHILE THE BAN DOES NOT APPLY TO FIRES USED FOR THE PREPARATION OF
FOOD OR FIRES USED IN APPROPRIATE ENCLOSURES (PORTABLE OUTDOOR
FIREPLACES, CHIMINEAS OR PERMANENT FIRE PITS CONSTRUCTED OF STONE,
MASONRY, METAL OR OTHER NONCOMBUSTIBLE MATERIAL THAT CONFORMS WITH
ALL APPLICABLE SOUTH CAROLINA FIRE CODES), FORESTRY COMMISSION
OFFICIALS URGE THE UTMOST CAUTION BURNING OUTDOORS UNDER THESE
EXEMPTIONS.
LIKEWISE, CITIZENS SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME VIGILANCE OPERATING ANY
EQUIPMENT THAT COULD CREATE SPARKS, AVOID PARKING ON DRY GRASS AND
REFRAIN FROM USING FIREWORKS.
THE BAN WILL STAY IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, WHICH WILL COME IN
THE FORM OF AN OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE FORESTRY COMMISSION.
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