The risk is spread throughout Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland northern Georgia and extreme western portions of North ...

Dry conditions that have prevailed across much of North and South Carolina have created an elevated fire risk.

Fallen trees and debris from the September hurricane serve as kindling for the fires and hamper efforts to contain them.

In North Carolina, there were three major fires in Polk County as of Sunday night, according to the state’s forestry service: The Black Cove Fire, near Saluda, has burned more than 2,000 acres and is ...

As of Sunday night, the Black Cove Fire, located two miles northeast of Saluda, North Carolina, was more than 2,076 acres in size, while the Deep Woods Fire, 5 miles northwest of Columbus was ...

Smoke from the Black Cove Fire in Polk County, North Carolina, was seen wafting skyward on Sunday ... approximately 2 miles northeast of Saluda,” it said. “The fire is burning in timber on steep ...

The U.S. Forest Service is responding to the Saluda fire and several others throughout North Carolina and South Carolina, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.