Greenville, SC – Smoke from two wildfires continues to affect air quality across South Carolina’s Upstate region, with impacts extending into western North Carolina through Saturday night and beyond.
According to the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services, an Air Quality Alert remains in effect for the Greenville and Pickens mountain areas until further notice due to elevated fine particulate levels. The alert is driven by limited atmospheric dispersion from the Table Rock wildfire in Pickens County and the Persimmon Ridge wildfire in Greenville County.
Light winds and stable overnight conditions are allowing smoke to linger, especially in mountain valleys. During daylight hours, southerly airflow is carrying smoke across the North Carolina border, triggering additional Code Red and Code Orange air quality alerts for multiple western counties, including Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood, and Macon…