12/02/16 - Pinnacle Mountain Fire - 9:00am Update

PINNACLE MOUNTAIN WILDFIRE RELEASE #25
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friday, Dec. 2, 2016 - 9:00 a.m.
CONTACT: Joint Information Center | (864) 898-2437 7AM- 8PM | pmfjic@gmail.com

Crews resume work on firelines; containment at 84 percent

PICKENS—After unsafe conditions prevented work from being done on the firelines the last three days, crews returned to the lines this morning to continue mop up and reinforcement of the firelines. Incident command officials reported the fire is at 84 percent containment and lines appear to be holding well. An overnight infrared flight revealed hot spots in the most recently active northeastern section of the fire. Hand crews and a fire track will focus their efforts on this area today, extinguishing hot spots, clearing the firelines of falling leaves and cutting down hazard trees. Crews will also patrol firelines on the eastern area of the fire to look for any hazards. While the weather has helped keep fire activity at a minimum and the firelines appear to be holding well, incident command officials emphasize the incident is still not over. Line improvement operations and mop-up operations likely will continue for weeks.​ ​ FIRE SIZE: 10,560 acres, as of Nov. 30, 2016 CONTAINMENT: 84% EVACUATIONS: No current evacuations ESTIMATED COSTS TO DATE: $4.69 million CLOSURES: Table Rock State Park reopened 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. POTENTIALLY THREATENED STRUCTURES: The threat to structures has been greatly reduced because of recent rain. Staging of resources continues should a changing situation warrant their utilization. FIRE CREWS/RESOURCES: Type III incident management team (IMT), two Type II-IA hand crews, one fire track and 118 personnel assigned. 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: Get the latest fire updates on Social Media - Use hashtag #PinnacleMtnFire Twitter: @ForestryCommish & @PickensCountyEM Facebook: www.facebook.com/ForestryCommish For more information about the Pinnacle Mountain Fire, please visit: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5108 For a downloadable, printable version of this map, click here