Henry McMaster issued a state of emergency due to the Table Rock Fire in Pickens County, around 119 miles southwest of Charlotte ... according to USA TODAY's data. The fire has set 2,293 acres ...

Multiple communities have been evacuated in Polk County, west of Charlotte, due to a trio of large wildfires in the area. The N.C. Forest Service has an interactive map showing where fires are ...

Todd Runkle is the Carolinas Connect editor and also a trending news editor for the Asheville Citizen Times, part of the USA TODAY Network. Reach him at trunkle@gannett.com.