Crews fought the blaze for nearly three weeks, and Monday’s rain helped contain the fire. Both fires on Persimmon Ridge and Table Rock State Park make up the Table Rock Complex. A "complex ...

Meanwhile, the Persimmon Ridge Fire burned more than 2,000 acres and was 64% contained. Nearly an inch of rain fell in the area of the fires in the last 25 hours, and as much as a half inch more ...

Evacuation orders had previously been lifted. In South Carolina, the Table Rock Fire and the Persimmon Ridge Fire were the two major wildfires in the state. The Persimmon Ridge Fire "saw only ...

Firefighters gather in prayer as they continue to battle Upstate wildfires The Persimmon Ridge wildfire ignited in Greenville County on March 22.State forestry officials said the fire was “human ...

The Table Rock Fire, which broke out on March 21, scorched 13,845 acres before it was contained. The nearby Persimmon Ridge Fire, igniting just one day later on March 22, burned 2,128 acres.

The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office said first responders noticed a rapidly growing wildfire while searching for a missing hiker on March 21. The search group located and evacuated seven hikers ...

That fire and the Persimmon Ridge fire about 8 miles (13 kilometers) away burned about 25 square miles (64.5 square kilometers) during the 10 days they were out of control in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

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Pickens, S.C. — Two wildfires that started lose to each other in the South Carolina mountains and burned an area over half the size of Hilton Head Island are nearly contained, authorities said.

According to the South Carolina Forestry Commission (SCFC), the wildfire at Table Rock State Park has burned over 13,000 acres and is 91% contained. The Persimmon Ridge fire, which covers 2,128 ...

Three South Carolina men and a teenager have been arrested on suspicion of starting the largest mountain wildfire in state history, the South Carolina Forestry Commission said. The teens were ...