Crews are fighting several separate blazes in forested areas of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky as wide swaths across those states face moderate to severe drought conditions and warmer-than-normal temperatures.
HENDERSONVILLE, N.C. — Officials have declared a state of emergency in a western North Carolina community where a wildfire has burned hundreds of acres, some structures and now is threatening dozens of homes.
Meanwhile, crews are fighting a blaze in Cherokee County that has grown to more than 2,100 acres , but is not threatening structures, the U.S. Forest Service said. In Virginia, the state Department of Forestry said a wildfire near Madison County has led officials to encourage some residents to evacuate as crews work to stop the blaze from spreading. That fire had burned nearly 2,500 acres on Sunday, but no structures have been affected and firefighters were installing additional fire lines to maintain that, the agency said.
Crews were fighting two fires in East Tennessee including one in Rocky Top, but no injuries have been reported and no structures are in danger, Anderson County officials told news outlets.
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