In the American states, North Carolina and South Carolina announced an evacuation due to forest fires raging in the region.
The US National Meteorological Service (NWS) warned of increased fire hazard due to arid weather conditions.
The Governor of South Carolina Henry McMaster on Sunday introduced a state of emergency to support the efforts to eliminate fires. Currently, more than 175 fires are raging throughout the state.
The fire covered an area of about 1.7 thousand hectares. This was announced by Darril Jones, head of the forest guard of the Forestry Commission of South Carolina.
According to him, most of the forest fire activity is concentrated in the Pi-Di region. “The rest of the state has a sharp surge in forest fires, which creates an additional load on firefighters,” he said
The authorities of North Carolina reported on the ongoing elimination of fires of fire in several areas. In addition, the evacuation of the residents of the district of the regiment, where about 202 hectares of land burned out.