Western North Carolina is fending off more raging wildfires spanning hundreds of acres this week.
The blazes are burning less than a month after multiple fires tore across the state as well as South Carolina amid warm and dry conditions.The flames in the Tar Heel State have fed on debris left over from Hurricane Helene last fall, resulting in mass evacuations and the destruction of multiple homes.
After rainy weather offered some relief earlier this month, North Carolina lifted a statewide ban on open burning . Officials told residents to remain vigilant, and that lifting the ban did not apply to fires started within 100 feet of an occupied dwelling…