India, March 6 -- More than 200 wildfires were reported across North and South Carolina on Monday. The largest fire, near Myrtle Beach, consumed over 2,000 acres of land in Horry County, South Carolina. The blaze prompted evacuations and led South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster to declare a state of emergency.

As of Wednesday afternoon, 96 wildfires were burning in North Carolina, according to the North Carolina Forest Service. The largest active fire in the state was in southwestern North Carolina, near the South Carolina border, where it had spread across more than 600 acres in Polk County. The fire was 91% contained as of Tuesday afternoon.

The U.S. Forest Service reported Wednesday that all wildfires within North Carolina's nation...