Firefighters were battling multiple wildfires that erupted across South and North Carolina overnight amid windy and dry conditions, authorities 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.

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster on Sunday declared a state of emergency as firefighters battle hundreds of wildfires across the Carolinas.

As of Wednesday, 96 wildfires were burning in North Carolina. Around 30 fires were burning across South Carolina. The fire near Myrtle Beach was 44% contained.

Henry McMaster (R) declared a state of emergency ... Another fire, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, stretched to about 400 acres, according to the North Carolina Forest Service.

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency on Sunday as raging wildfires spread across South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia, scorching thousands of acres and forcing evacuations in multiple communities.

At least 175 fast-moving blazes in South Carolina have scorched more than 4,200 acres of tinder-dry vegetation, officials said Sunday.

Dozens of wildfires have cropped up since the weekend, forcing South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster to declare a state of emergency

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency Sunday as wildfires in the Carolinas and Georgia scorched thousands of acres and forced people to flee their homes.

Henry McMaster declared a state of emergency ... The fires reported in North Carolina range in size from less than one acre to more than 600 acres, according to the North Carolina Forest Service.

Henry McMaster had issued an executive order on ... officials said. In Polk County, North Carolina, near the border with South Carolina, a fast-moving brush fire ignited just after 2 p.m. local ...