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The Associated Press |
Taylor watched this past weekend as smoke started to rise from the ridges across Highway 11 in Pickens County.
USA Today |
Wildfires continue to burn Thursday, March 27, in Western North Carolina, leading to thousands of acres of charred land and concerns of safety.
NBC News |
Hundreds of residents in North Carolina and South Carolina have been ordered to leave and structures have been destroyed in the fires, which are burning amid abnormally dry or drought conditions in bo...

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