South Carolina arrests 3 young men for allegedly starting wildfire after failing to extinguish cigarettes

South Carolina arrested 3 young men for allegedly starting a monolithic wildfire aft failing to "extinguish their cigarettes successful a due and harmless manner," officials say. 

The Table Rock Fire adjacent Pickens — located extracurricular of Greenville — has grown to much than 15,000 acres arsenic of Wednesday morning. Nyzaire Jah-Neiz Marsh, 19, of Taylors, and 18-year-olds Tristan Tyler and Isaac Wilson of Greenville, are each facing 1 number of negligently allowing occurrence to dispersed to lands oregon spot of another. 

"According to the apprehension warrant affidavits, the suspects took portion successful smoking activities connected a hiking way astatine the [Table Rock] authorities parkland and did not extinguish their cigarettes successful a due and harmless manner, which officials allege led to the ignition of the Table Rock Fire," the South Carolina Forestry Commission said successful a statement. 

The bureau said "Pickens County sheriff’s deputies, authorities parkland unit and different archetypal responders discovered a rapidly increasing wildfire" astatine Table Rock State Park connected March 21 portion searching for a missing hiker successful the area. 

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The 3 young men whom the South Carolina Forestry Commission alleges started the Table Rock Fire adjacent Pickens, S.C. (South Carolina Forestry Commission)

"As portion of their response, the hunt radical located and evacuated 7 hikers, respective of whom were questioned astir the origins of the fire," it continued. 

"During preliminary interviews, 4 subjects," including "one minor, were relocated to the C. David Stone Law Enforcement Center successful Pickens for follow-up questioning," according to the South Carolina Forestry Commission. 

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Responders from the South Carolina State Guard look connected arsenic fume rises from the Table Rock Fire successful Pickens County, S.C., connected Saturday, March 29. (AP/Matt Kelley)

"SCFC investigators on with Pickens County Sheriff’s Office detectives obtained grounds that they allege identified these subjects arsenic suspects successful the root of the Table Rock State Park fire," it besides said. "The juvenile taxable was charged with 1 number of the aforesaid offense; helium was not booked, but was released into the custody of his parents." 

Firefighters stitchery extracurricular of the incidental bid station for the Table Rock occurrence successful Pickens County, S.C., connected Saturday, March 29, 2025.  (AP/Matt Kelley)

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The occurrence is presently 70% contained.