With much of Western North Carolina under abnormally dry conditions, wildfires are burning in the region. The largest fire in WNC is a nearly 500-acre blaze in Polk County that has required evacuations and was 30% contained as of the morning of March 3.

Tryon in western North Carolina has been forced to evacuate residents from as many as 200 structures due to a “rapidly spreading” wildfire that remains out of control.

The South Carolina Forestry Commission, which tracks wildfires on its website, said there were 144 wildfires in the state; that number had dropped to 107 by late Monday afternoon. Fires in the Carolina Forest in Horry County prompted evacuations from homes near Myrtle Beach. But evacuation orders were lifted Sunday evening.