After nearly a week of battling a wildfire in Carolina Forest, crews have finally contained just over half of it, state and Myrtle Beach-area officials said.

The South Carolina Forestry Commission said the 40-year-old woman allegedly caused more than 2,000 acres to burn near Myrtle Beach.

The Covington Drive Wildfire threatened homes over the weekend, but by Thursday, it has calmed down to “smoldering.” Here’s what’s going on.

A South Carolina woman faces charges after igniting yard debris that burned out of control and allegedly sparked a wildfire that has scorched more than 2,000 acres near Myrtle Beach, the state’s forestry officials said.

A woman accused of igniting a more than 2,000 acre wildfire last week in South Carolina, threatening the lives and homes of hundreds, has been arrested and charged, officials said on Friday.

The South Carolina Forestry Commission arrested the Myrtle Beach area woman on several for the wildfire that has burned in the Carolina Forest area for seven days. She appeared in court.

A week after a woman allegedly ignited a wildfire that burned thousands of acres in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the Florida Forest Service Incident Management Team (IMT) has taken over.