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Wildfire in Coastal Georgetown, South Carolina

Wildfire July 3, 2011 – July 29, 2011 · Coastal Georgetown, South Carolina

What the National Weather Service wrote

Lightning apparently started a fire near the community of Carolina Forest. Ongoing hot temperatures and drought conditions allowed the fire to breach containment lines several times. The blaze consumed 1374 acres before being contained on July 29th. No homes were damaged or threatened in spite of the fire's close proximity to the Carolina Forest subdivision.

The wider storm

A fire was reported near Carolina Forest.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 338145. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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