MYRTLE BEACH (WPDE) -- 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.
"The Hornet Fire is running," says Forester Mike Ney. "It's gotten over our first break, and it's trying to jump over our second one as well."
Monday morning, clouds of black smoke created by the fire rolled across Horry County.
Ney says the fire is still 100 percent contained at the time. Ten tractors, along with crews spraying water on hot spots, will be at the fire Monday to improve break lines.
According to the Department of Natural Resources, Horry and Marion Counties are in a state of severe drought which is making matters worse for the commission.
The agency's Pee Dee Region is being assisted by the Piedmont and Coastline Regions to help contain the Hornet fire and other fires starting to ignite and flare up again.
Ney says while the commission is trying to contain the Hornet Fire, they're also working on putting down a brush fire near the Sun Colony neighborhood in Longs off of Highways 9 and 57, another fire near the Brooksville Community that started a month and a half ago that continues to ignite off of Highways 90 and 57, and the Highway 548 fire that is still flaring up from time to time.
Over the weekend, the fire near the Brooksville Community burned an additional ten to 12 acres.
"We're working on things as fast as we can," says Ney. "But we're just a little spread out right now."
(This story courtesy WPDE and CarolinaLive.com)
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