From staff reports
Beaufort County is no longer under a burning ban.
The State Forester’s Burning Ban has been lifted for all but five South Carolina counties. Greenville, Horry, Oconee, Pickens and Spartanburg counties will remain under the burning ban until further notice.
The Forestry Commission has lifted the ban in the other 41 counties because the dangerous combination of low relative humidities and gusty winds that prompted the March 21 outdoor burning prohibition has improved and is expected to ease significantly across the state over the next week.
The ban is being left in place in the remaining counties for several reasons. The sheer amount of Forestry Commission and fire department personnel/equipment dedicated to the Table Rock Complex in Greenville and Pickens counties, which includes two wildfires that have grown to a combined 13,000-plus acres, has potential to strain the capacity of local response to new wildfire ignitions.
