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Wildfire Fact Sheet - Pinnacle Mountain Fire
There will be a Public Meeting for the Pinnacle Mountain Fire on Sunday, November 27, 2016 at the
Greenville Command Post located
at 521 Table Rock Road in Cleveland, South Carolina. Fire
Managers and Natural Resource Advisors will provide a fire and operations update.
Fire Activity:
Firefighters completed
a fireline on the west side of the Pinnacle Mountain Fire on Friday near White
Oak Mountain to the Saluda
River. They were also able to complete a small
burnout to help
secure this
part of the fire. On the
east side, fire crews held the fire along Slickum Falls
Road, preventing it from
spreading to the east. Farther to the north, burnout operations were only partially successful
near Slicking Gap as conditions were not favorable. Fire crews finished preparing the firebreak along the state
line along with the N.C. Forest Service personnel. Firefighters continued to patrol
and
monitor the
south
end of the fire near Saluda River.
Fire Size: 8,903 acres, as of November 25, 2016, (Note: one acre is equivalent to one football field).
Containment: 40%
Evacuations: No current evacuations
Estimated Costs to Date: $2.4 Million
Closures: Table Rock State Park remains closed as is its Trail System. Additionally, trail closures from
Caesar’s Head to Sassafras have begun in preparation for burnout operations on Thursday. Table Rock
State Park
is expected to re-open in stages once State Park and Forestry Commission officials deem
conditions are safe for the public. The Table Rock Trail System will remain closed until a damage assessment can be made, hazards cleared and repairs made. Additional information about the park and
fire status is available at
the
Table Rock Visitor Center off Highway 11.
Structures: Structure protection teams are staged in high risk areas
holding line, evaluating homes for
risk and mitigating risks where possible. Structures threatened are in
Pickens Co. (112), Greenville Co. (523), and Transylvania Co., NC (171) Populations effected are Pickens Co. (122), Greenville Co. (187),
and
Transylvania Co. (132)
Fire Crews/Resources: Type III incident management team, three
Type II handcrews, three engines,
two Type III Helicopters, four Type I Helicopters, nine dozers, three water tenders, two fire tracks and 258
personnel assigned.
Injuries: No injuries have been reported.
Note: Get the latest fire updates on social media. (Use hashtag #PinnacleMtnFire)
For more information about the Pinnacle Mtn. Fire visit: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/closures/5108 and http://www.trees.sc.gov/
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