‘You have to be smart’: Community urged to follow burn ban as Covington Drive fire lingers

HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — Even though it’s been almost three weeks since the Covington Drive fire started, it’s not out just yet.

With the most recent statewide burn ban that went into affect on Friday, people in Walkers Woods, a Carolina Forest community, said it’s important to follow the rules now more than ever.

“It’s really important to have the burn ban,” a Walkers Woods resident said. “It makes us as the community rethink what we need to do for our homes and be safe and maybe what we put around our house.”…

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