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Friday, May 03, 2013  A spokesman for Gov. Nikki Haley says the first family is safe after being evacuated for a small fire at the Governor's Mansion.

Monday, March 18, 2013  The state forestry commission has lifted the red flag fire alert that been issued for all of South Carolina.

Wednesday, January 30, 2013  Sumter County officials say a man has died in a mobile home fire.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  A man's body has been recovered from a camper that caught fire and burned in Bluffton.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  A woman who was rescued from a house fire in Columbia Thursday morning died at a local hospital.

Thursday, December 06, 2012  An 81-year-old woman has been found dead in a Charleston house fire.

Friday, August 31, 2012  A woman has been killed in an apartment fire in Spartanburg.

Friday, April 13, 2012  BAMBERG, S.C. (AP) -- A Bamberg woman has died after a fire destroyed her home.

Monday, July 18, 2011  The Hornet Fire off Highway 90 in Horry County started more than two weeks ago, but it is still giving the South Carolina Forestry Commission trouble.  Saturday, the fire flared up again by jumping over lines the commission created to stop the fire.