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Firefighters in North Carolina and South Carolina continue to battle wildfires that grew rapidly over the weekend in rugged terrain, complicating containment efforts, officials said.
Yahoo |
Mandatory evacuations continued in the Carolinas on Saturday from rapidly spreading mountain wildfires that firefighters from across the United States have battled for days, emergency officials said.
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Wildfires continue to rage in Western North Carolina and the South Carolina Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times Saturday for live updates.
This story will be updated throughout the day as new information about Western North Carolina wildfires becomes available.
With much of Western North Carolina under moderate drought or abnormally dry conditions, wildfires are burning in the region. The largest fires in WNC were the Deep Woods and Black Cove fires in Polk County not far from Hendersonville,
The N.C. Forest Service has an interactive map showing wildfires across the state, with the size of the area involved and how far along firefighters are in efforts to extinguish it. As of Monday afternoon, March 24, the map showed 112 fires across the state on more than 3,484 acres.
With much of Western North Carolina under moderate drought or abnormally dry conditions, wildfires are burning in the region.