A U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter using a "Bambi Bucket" drops 600 gallons of water onto fires near Myrtle Beach, S.C., April 26, 2009.

South Carolina ranks 9th in the nation for wildfires

South Carolina is 9th in the United States for wildfires with 1,337 fires in 2013, according to the National Interagency Fire Center.

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