Evacuation of wild fires in North Carolina while still recovering from Hurricane Helena – and also hit South Carolina and New Jersey
The fires forced mandatory evacuation on Sunday in the North Carolina district that is still recovering from Hurricane Helenaand the Governor of South Caroline declared an emergency in response to a a growing fire In that state. Hundreds of miles north, a New Jersey Fire Department struggled with a flame in the Wharton State Forest.
The Public Security Department in North Carolina announced a mandatory evacuation starting at 8:20 pm on Saturday for parts of Polk County in West North Carolina, about 80 miles (129 kilometers) west of Charlotte.
“The visibility in the area will reduce the routes of roads/evacuation can be blocked; if you are not leaving now, you could be trapped, injured or killed,” the agency said in a post on social networks.
A shelter was established in Columbus in North Carolina.
There were three active fires in Polk district, with one duration of 1.9 square kilometers (5 square kilometers) and the other spread over 2.8 square kilometers (7.3 square kilometers), and there was no retention by Sunday afternoon. County spokeswoman Kellie Cannon said one home had been lost in more than two fires.
The third fire burned around 199 hectares (81 hectares) with 50% detention destroyed three houses. And an earlier evacuation order associated with this fire was erected, Cannon said.
Additional compulsory evacuations were ordered for the area of Polk County on Sunday night, according to the post of social media for managing emergency situations in North Carolina.
The Wildfire Wildfire Viewer North Carolina indicated active fires on Sunday in the Burke district and in the Stokes district at the northern border with Virginia.
In South Carolina, Government Henry McMaster declared Saturday a state of emergency because the emergency crews in Pickens County fought against fire in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
“The urgent state allows us to quickly mobilize the resources and ensure that our firefighters have the necessary support,” McMaster said in a statement that he had increased the ban on opening outdoors throughout the country issued by the Forestry Commission in South Carolina on Friday.
Local fire officials called for voluntary evacuation on Saturday some residents near the Table Rock Mountain, the forestry commission said in a social media post.
This fire caused on a man has increased to more than 300 hectares (121 hectares), without any lining, the Commission said on Sunday. The spot fires set fire to fresh flames outside the original fire area, and steep terrain made difficulty equipment used to contain fires to reach the area, the officials said. The demolished wood from Hurricane Helena worsened the situation. Volunteer evacuation of about 100 residences remained in force on Sunday afternoon.
The western region of North Carolina has already been strongly affected by Hurricane Helena in September. Hurricane damaged or hit 5000 miles (8,046 kilometers) of state roads and damaged 7000 private roads, bridges and omissions in North Carolina.
Also this weekend, the New Jersey Forest Fire Department struggled with a fire that broke out on Saturday in the Wharton State Forest. The fire consumed about 2.7 square kilometers (7 square kilometers) from early Sunday morning and was about 50%, according to an update of the Facebook page of the service at 8 o’clock.
Emergency officers said they had evacuated two camps in the park. Eighteen buildings were near the fire, but the flames were leaving them and there were no evacuated buildings.
The cause of that fire was under investigation.
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