11/30/16 - Pinnacle Fire - 4:00pm Update

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Wet, humid conditions hold fire steady, keep crews in holding pattern

PICKENS—Trace amounts of rain overnight added to the already wet conditions in the area, preventing any discernible spread of the fire and any significant firefighting efforts. Division supervisors will scout the perimeter of the containment area this morning, but for the second straight day, crews are not being dispatched to the lines this morning out of concern for safety. Wet roads, slick terrain and soaked ground will not allow for line improvement or backburning.

An approaching cold front will move into the area this afternoon, bringing with it up to an inch of rain and further contributing to the fire’s containment. All air operations have been suspended again today as well.

The heavy cloud cover and precipitation again disallowed infrared imagery of the fire overnight, but incident command officials may order a new flight this evening to get a new picture of the fire for tomorrow.

While the firelines appear to be holding well and the weather is helping to keep the fire activity at a minimum, incident command officials emphasize that the incident is far from over. Even if frontline firefighting resources are scaled back over the next few days because of the continued containment progress, line improvement operations and mop-up operations likely will continue for weeks.

FIRE SIZE: 10,560 acres, as of Nov. 30, 2016

CONTAINMENT: 62%

EVACUATIONS: No current evacuations

ESTIMATED COSTS TO DATE: $4.56 million (includes aircraft costs, but not individual county costs).

CLOSURES: Table Rock State Park reopened yesterday (Tuesday, Nov. 29). All facilities and roads will be open with the exception of the Carrick Creek Trail, the Table Rock Trail, the Pinnacle Mountain Trail and the Foothills trail portion that is located on Table Rock. The trail to the Carrick Creek Falls overlook will be open, as will the Pinnacle Lake trail. For more information, please contact the park directly at 864-878-9813 or tablerock@scprt.com.

FIRE CREWS/RESOURCES: Type III incident management team (IMT), one Type II hand crew, two Type II-IA hand crews, two fire tracks, four ATVs and 180 personnel assigned. Two additional hand crews arrived Monday afternoon to provide relief for crews transitioning out of the incident Tuesday.

INJURIES: No injuries have been reported.

FIRE BACKGROUND: Human-caused / Nov. 9, 2016 / Table Rock State Park, 10.5 miles north of Pickens, S.C.

NOTE: No new maps will be added today. Because of the low cloud coverage, we have been unable to do an infrared flight. 11/29/16 is the most current. A new map will be posted when weather permits.

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