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Hundreds of firefighters from across the U.S. are battling large wildfires in the Carolinas. See a map of which wildfires remain active today.

The largest fires in WNC were the Deep Woods and Black Cove fires in Polk County not far from Hendersonville, that forced evacuations in Polk and Henderson counties along with states of emergency.