FIRE UPDATES: In South Carolina, as of Saturday, the Table Rock fire has consumed over 10,000 acres. The one on Persimmon Ridge in Greenville County has burned 2.4 square miles (6.2 square kilometers).
The fires are about 8 miles (13 kilometers) apart, and emergency officials have asked almost everyone living between them to leave as a precaution. The evacuation zone extended into nearby Transylvania County, North Carolina.
In North Carolina at least eight fires were burning in the mountains. As of Sunday morning, the largest – the Black Cove Fire and the Deep Woods Fire in Polk County – were 35% and 32% contained, respectively. The fires have scorched about 10,000 acres combined…