In total, the largest wildfires are burning more than 12,000 acres across the Carolinas — and the fires are likely to grow further without much resistance in the coming days.

Editor's note: Wildfires continue to spread in the Carolinas. Click here to see the latest information as of Friday, March 28. Wildfires in the Carolinas have taken over 10,000 acres and more ...

Wildfires Continue to Burn in the Carolinas, Prompting Evacuations The blazes were fueled by gusty winds, dry air and unusually high temperatures.

Editor's note: Wildfires continue to spread in the Carolinas. Click here to see the latest information as of Friday, March 28. Wildfires in the Carolinas have taken over 10,000 acres and more ...

The wildfires also forced mandatory evacuations over the weekend in both North and South Carolina, reported ABC 11 and The Guardian. How many wildfires are in North and South Carolina?

Crews in the Carolinas continue to battle major wildfires that have scorched thousands of acres, forced evacuations and destroyed homes.

Heavy smoke blanketed the Carolina Forest area, a community just west of Myrtle Beach, where the largest fire raged across 1,600 acres, fire officials said.

Follow wildfire updates in North and South Carolina, where blazes erupted over the weekend. The largest stemmed from a forest fire near Myrtle Beach.

Over the weekend, wildfires in North and South Carolina impacted many people and forced some to evacuate.