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The fire from Georgetown County sees this week in windy weather

Georgetown County, SC (toilet) – The South Carolina Forestry Commission has published a nationwide red flag fire warning except for further termination due to increased forest fire risks. This comes when strong gusty winds continue to sweep over a large part of the Palmetto state and increases the potential for forest fires.

A local fire brigade reports a significant increase in brushes to which it reacted this week.

Aaron Bostic, deputy fire chief at Georgetown County Fire and Ems, said that Georgetown County's fire brigade reacted to 13 brushfire this week alone.

The State Forestry Commission reports that 103 forest fires in the coastal region have occurred this month. On Wednesday alone, 50 broke out across the state.

The communication director for the South Carolina Forestry Commission, Doug Wood, said that the red flag alarm issued this morning serves the public before increased forest fire risks and encourages people to keep out of outdoor burns.

The Wildfire season here in South Carolina usually runs from late winter to the end of spring, and Wood said that her numbers definitely show that the Peak game season is going on.

“Escape ruins are the main cause of forest fires. In fact, the main cause of forest fires. They take all other causes of forest fires, be it lightning, negligence, fireworks, to put all these other causes together not to the cases in which we escape where escape waste burns, whereby fibrillation ignite. It is our public message number one. Please think before you burn, notify the forest commission before burning and meeting the right precautionary measures, ”he said.

Wood said gusty winds, dry conditions from the lack of precipitation and low humidity values ​​contribute to an increased risk of forest fires.

Wood made it clear that the red flag firearm was not equated with a ban on combustion. Georgetown County is currently under a burning ban until further termination of termination, which means that burning outdoors within the district boundaries is not permitted at this point.

The forest commission also reminds the residents that the state law has to notify the agency in advance of everyone who plans to burn outdoors in non -legal areas.