Spotify When John Wood thinks about the chores he did as a kid in 1960s Minneapolis, one job sticks out. He and his older brother would take out their family’s household trash and burn it in a barrel ...

By Barry Porterfield | [email protected] Not all fires are the same. Despite a burn ban being in place for Garvin County, some blazes are considered OK, while others are not right now. A two ...

A burn ban in Garvin County appeared an easy choice after last Friday’s extreme winds, low visibility from blowing dust and grassfires sweeping through parts of the state. Garvin County’s ...

But he told The Sun News he wouldn’t be surprised if an unauthorized trash burn did start the blaze. Escaped debris burn is the leading cause of wildfires in South Carolina, according to Wood ...