by Victoria Spechko
Sun, March 2nd 2025 at 9:41 AM
Updated Sun, March 2nd 2025 at 9:57 AM
A Kershaw County fire engine turns into the Covington Lakes neighborhood Sunday morning to help battle the Carolina Forest wildfire. (Credit: Jordan Brotherton)
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WPDE) — It takes a lot of firefighters to battle a 1,200 acre wildfire, and Horry County Fire Rescue isn’t doing it alone.
More than a dozen agencies from across the Carolinas are part of the effort, including the South Carolina Forestry Commission.
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Here’s a list of supporting agencies, according to Horry County’s public information team:
- Williamsburg County
- North Myrtle Beach
- Myrtle Beach
- Conway
- Dillon County
- Lugoff
- Marion City
- Johnsonville
- Howe Spring
- Sandridge
- Calabash
- Tabor City
- Olanta
- Hannah Salem
- Mullins
- Centenary
- Marion Rural
- Murrells Inlet-Garden City
- South Lynches
- Kershaw County
- Sardis Timmonsville
- Goose Creek
- Charleston
- Pine Ridge
- Barnwell
- Brunswick County, NC
- Georgetown County
- Florence City
- Surfside
- Wilmington, NC
- Columbus County
