HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — The most destructive wildfire in South Carolina’s history began in the garbage.
It was April 22, 2009 and Marc Anthony Torchi was burning trash in his Woodlawn subdivision when it quickly grew out of control.
By the time it finally ended four days later, the Highway 31 fire scorched 19,130 acres — destroying 76 homes, damaging 97 others and causing property and woodland losses of up to $50 million…