Firefighters continue to battle blazes in the Upstate and WNC

Thursday was another grueling day on the front line for firefighters battling blazes at Table Rock Park and Persimmon Ridge in parts of Pickens, Oconee and Greenville Counties.

Humidity was below thirty percent and wind gusts were above thirty miles an hour. Evacuation zones extend across the North Carolina line into Transylvania County.

Eight fires still burning in Western North Carolina have scorched ten square miles. They’re rated from seventeen to thirty percent contained…

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