Wildfires have appearing in parts of North and South Carolina triggered emergency declarations and forced evacuations over the weekend, CBS News reported Sunday.

In North Carolina, the Department of Public Safety issued a mandatory evacuation order Saturday for parts of Polk County, located roughly 80 miles west of Charlotte.

On Friday, they warned that “Visibility in [the] area will be reduced and roads/evacuation routes can become blocked; if you do not leave now, you could be trapped, injured, or killed.”

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