Wildfires forced a mandatory evacuation Sunday in a North Carolina county still recovering from Hurricane Helene, and South Carolina’s governor declared an emergency in response to a growing wildfire in that state. Hundreds of miles north, the New Jersey Forest Fire Service was battling a blaze in the Wharton State Forest.

Wildfires in North Carolina have forced mandatory evacuations in Polk County as emergency crews battle multiple blazes across the state. South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency in response to the growing Table Rock Fire in Pickens County.

Evacuation orders were issued Sunday for parts of Polk County, North Carolina, where three large wildfires have burned more than 3,000 acres combined, officials said.