The teams fought against forest fires in North and South Carolina on Sunday in the midst of dry conditions and winds and evacuations were ordered in some areas.
The National Meteorological Service warned about the greatest danger of fire in the region due to a combination of critically dry fuels and very low relative humidity.
In South Carolina, the governor. Henry McMaster He declared an emergency state on Sunday to support the response effort of forest fires, and a state prohibition throughout the State remained in force.
The teams worked to contain a fire in the Carolina forest area west of the coastal city of Myrtle Beach, where residents were ordered to evacuate several neighborhoods, according to the rescue of Horry County fires.
The South Carolina Forestry Commission estimated Sunday afternoon that the fire was burning approximately 1.9 square miles (4.9 square kilometers) with zero percent containment. They had not succumbed to the fire and they had not reported injured until Sunday morning, authorities said.
The 410 personnel involved in the effort were expected until the fire contained, the county firefighters said. The evacuations were expected to remain in place on Sunday and the officials warned the residents in the Carolina forest area that were prepared with Go-Bags and emergency plans if it was called more evacuations in their neighborhoods.
In North Carolina, the US forest service said that firefighters were working to contain multiple forest fires that burned in more than 400 acres (161.87 hectares) in four forests throughout the state on Sunday. The largest, approximately 300 acres (121,41 hectares), was in Uwharrie National Forest, about 50 miles (80.47 kilometers) east of Charlotte.
The small southwest city of Tryon in Polk County, North Carolina, urged some residents to evacuate on Saturday when a fire quickly spread there. On Sunday, the authorities said these evacuations remained in force.
That fire was burning around 400 acres (161.87 hectares) on Sunday afternoon, with zero percent containment, according to the Pack County Emergency Management Office/Fire mastal. The North Carolina forest service was carrying out water droplets and burn operations on the ground, and the residents of the area should expect a lot of smoke during those operations, authorities said.
The authorities have not said what caused any of the fires.
