Emergency officials issued evacuation orders in response to a new wildfire in Swain Co. while a Upstate South Carolina wildfire threatened Transylvania County residents.

Due to the spread of the Table Rock fire, mandatory evacuations are in effect from areas north of Highway 11 to the Greenville County line. Read more:

Evacuations are now mandatory in the battle against the Table Rock Mountain wildfires. Wind-driven flames jumped the break that had been cut over the weekend to guard the Persimmon Ridge area from the advance of the fire.