Although progress has been made, The South Carolina Forestry Commission said there’s still a long way to go. The Table Rock Fire is 30% contained and the Persimmon fire is 74% contained.

The nearby Persimmon Ridge Fire, igniting just one day later on March 22, burned 2,128 acres. While the fires are now considered contained, officials clarified that they are not yet fully controlled.

As of Monday afternoon, the Table Rock fire is 13,191 acres and is 30% contained, while the Persimmon Ridge fire is around 2,078 acres and is 64% contained.

A map that shows the locations of the Table Rock and Persimmon Ridge wildfires. screenshot Courtesy of S.C. Forestry Commission Rain helped firefighting efforts on the Table Rock Fire, leaving ...

A map that shows the locations of the Table Rock and Persimmon Ridge wildfires. screenshot Courtesy of S.C. Forestry Commission Rain helped firefighting efforts on the Table Rock Fire, leaving ...

The Forestry Commission said there’s been some containment in Table Rock Complex fires. They’ve reached 30% at Table Rock and 64% at Persimmon Ridge.

Persimmon Ridge Fire: 2,078 acres, 24% containment; Todd Runkle is the Carolinas Connect editor and also a trending news editor for the Asheville Citizen Times, part of the USA TODAY Network.

Nearby, the Persimmon Ridge fire — about 15 miles east of Table Rock — began March 22 and has consumed 2,078 acres. That means more than 13,000 acres of mountain wilderness have burned in one ...

South Carolina Army National Guard helicopters conduct aerial, water-bucket operations on the Table Rock and Persimmon Ridge wildfires, in Pickens County, S.C. on Sunday March 23, 2025.

The Persimmon Ridge Fire grew to 1,992 acres on Thursday. Still, according to the South Carolina Forestry Commission, most of the additional acreage resulted from burnouts that crews could ...

The Persimmon Ridge Fire in Greenville County grew modestly to 1,992 acres from 1,553 acres. The Table Rock Fire began on March 21 and the Persimmon Ridge Fire started a day later — both ...