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A forest fire has erupted in North Carolina, USA. Due to the severity, people in a county here were forced to evacuate compulsorily. At the same time, the governor of South Carolina declared a state of emergency due to the increasing forest fire.
Emergency crews are trying to contain the fires in a region that is still recovering from Hurricane Helene, which hit the region badly in September, damaging 8,046 kilometres of roads as well as bridges and culverts.
Mandatory evacuation declared in Polk County
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety announced a mandatory evacuation for parts of Polk County in western North Carolina, about 129 kilometers west of Charlotte, from 8:20 p.m. (local time) on Saturday.
The warning said visibility in the area will be reduced and evacuation routes may be blocked. You could be trapped, injured or killed if you do not evacuate now. The Forest Service's online Wildfire Public Viewer indicated three active fires in Polk County, the two largest of which were between 1,100 and 1,240 acres.
Two others were active in adjacent Burke and Madison counties. A fire also broke out in Stokes County on Virginia's northern border. In South Carolina, Governor Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency in an effort to stop a blaze known as the Table Rock Fire in Pickens County. He said the wildfire was spreading.
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