Thousands of acres are ablaze in North and South Carolina as the states could face severe weather on Wednesday.
Horry County firefighters and South Carolina Forestry Commission are working to extinguish a more than 2,000-acre wildfire that has burned for seven days in the Myrtle Beach area.
A wildfire in the Carolina Forest area of South Carolina, near Myrtle Beach, has spread to more than 2,000 acres Tuesday. Firefighters are concerned about the strong winds that are expected to pick up Tuesday.
Residents in South Carolina fled their homes in a panic on Sunday, March 2 after a raging forest fire quickly grew in size.
The active fire is 30 percent contained. On Monday, it covered 1,600 acres, but it has since grown to nearly 2,060 acres. SCFC Director of Communications Doug Wood told Newsweek that a fire of that size can take days to extinguish.