PICKENS—Firefighting crews will return to the firelines Saturday morning to resume mop-up efforts after a productive day on the lines Friday. Incident command officials reported the containment percentage has risen to 92 percent.
Last night’s infrared flight revealed hot spots are still present in the most recently active northeastern section of the fire. With the assistance of a fire track, crews will focus on this area, extinguishing hot spots, utilizing leaf blowers to clear the firelines of falling leaves and looking for any hazards to remove. Crews will also continue improving the Table Rock State Park trail system.
While this week’s weather 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: 10,645 acres, as of Dec. 3, 2016
CONTAINMENT: 92%
EVACUATIONS: No current evacuations
ESTIMATED COSTS TO DATE: $4.8 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 96 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. |
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