South Carolina is bringing in the big guns to fight the rapidly expanding Table Rock wildfire. Very Large Airtankers, a type of water-dropping airplane, are on the scene to help first responders.

The National Guard has dropped 612,000 gallons of water across 557 water drop missions, ... South Carolina State Fire Marshal Jonathan Jones said. ...

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency Sunday as wildfires ... Hawk helicopters to drop water 600 gallons at a time on the blazes, the South Carolina National Guard ...

"As of March 2, the two UH-60s had 18 flight hours and dropped 102 buckets totaling 59,000 gallons of water dispensed on the fires," the South Carolina National Guard stated in its news release.