Hundreds of people have been asked to leave their homes in North Carolina and South Carolina as a half-dozen large fires are burning in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

When Nicole Taylor and moved to a new home in the South Carolina mountains six months ago, the gorgeous views were the clincher. She ended up with a porch-side seat to one of at least a half dozen

Fire conditions worsened Tuesday, leading to an expansion in uncontained fires in South Carolina as fires continued to burn in North Carolina as well. One fire, the Persimmon Ridge Fire in South Carolina,