TOO. WE’LL HAVE ALL THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT, GUYS. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR POLK AND HENDERSON COUNTIES STILL BATTLING LARGE FIRES COMBINED. THREE WILDFIRES HAVE BURNED MORE THAN 5500 ACRES AND HAVE DESTROYED AND DAMAGED SEVERAL STRUCTURES. TWO FIRES REMAIN AT 0% CONTAINMENT RIGHT NOW, AND THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE STATE FOREST SERVICES. OUR SARA SAUER SPOKE WITH MEMBERS OF A LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT SHARING THEIR RESOURCES TO HELP FIGHT THOSE FIRES. GUSTY WINDS AND DRY CONDITIONS REMAIN OF HIGH CONCERN FOR MUCH OF NORTH CAROLINA, INCLUDING THE PLACES HARDEST HIT BY HELENE. NOW MORE THAN 300 FIRE PERSONNEL FROM ACROSS THE STATE AND COUNTRY HAVE JOINED IN POLK COUNTY, INCLUDING TWO FROM HERE IN THE TRIAD. WHEN YOU’RE DEALING WITH SOMETHING THIS BIG, IT BECOMES A REGIONAL INCIDENT. GIL RAND, FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSISTANT CHIEF JOEY LANE SAYS THEIR CREW AND BRUSH TRUCK, WHICH ARRIVED IN POLK COUNTY TUESDAY, PLAY A SMALL PART IN THE COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO FIGHT LARGE FIRES. THESE THESE DEPARTMENTS, WE ALL COME TOGETHER AS A GROUP, JUST LIKE WE DID THROUGH THE HURRICANES TO HELP OUT ANYTIME THAT THAT WERE NEEDED. GOD FORBID IT HAPPENED HERE. THEY WOULD COME TO US. WHILE MUCH OF THE FIREFIGHTING IS MANUAL LABOR, THE FOREST SERVICE IS ALSO USING PLANES TO COMBAT THE FLAMES FROM ABOVE. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE EVACUATED TO PROTECT PROPERTY. MAKE SURE PEOPLE ARE OKAY AND THE REST OF THE YOU KNOW, THE REST OF IT WILL WILL COME TO US IN DUE TIME. MOUNTAIN TERRAIN, LANE SAYS, HAS MADE IT DIFFICULT FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND THE FOREST SERVICE TO CONSTRUCT DIRT LINES THAT WOULD LIMIT THE EXTENT OF THE FIRES. WHEN YOU’RE DEALING WITH THOSE SHEER CLIFFS AND THOSE REALLY HIGH INACCESSIBLE AREAS THAT AIRCRAFT YOU’VE SEEN THOSE ON, I’M SURE, WHERE THEY’RE FLYING THOSE AND TRYING TO TO CONTAIN THEM THAT WAY. BUT AS FAR AS WALKING PEOPLE IN WITHOUT THE ROADS, I MEAN, IT’S IT’S GOING TO BE TOUGH IN AN AREA STILL RECOVERING FROM HELENE’S DEVASTATION. FIREFIGHTERS ON THE FRONT LINES ARE WORKING TO ENSURE WHAT HAPPENED IN CALIFORNIA EARLIER THIS YEAR DOESN’T HAPPEN HERE. THE THE LOW HUMIDITY, THE WINDS, IT’S JUST FUEL FOR ANOTHER ONE OF THE ISSUES THEY’RE HAVING IN THE WEST TO HAPPEN HERE. AS WE KNOW, THAT PART OF THE STATE’S ALREADY HAD ENOUGH PROBLEMS IN THE LAST YEAR. SINCE OCTOBER. THESE FIRES AREN’T HELPING WITH THOSE ISSUES AS WELL, FROM THE FLOODING FROM HALLOWEEN. THE FOREST SERVICE SAYS ONE FIREFIGHTER WAS INJURED IN POLK COUNTY AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A RECOVERY. THE FIREFIGHTERS FROM HERE AT GILLIBRAND FIRE DEPARTMENT DOWN IN POLK COUNTY, ARE EXPECTED TO STAY THERE UNTIL MONDAY. REPORTING IN RANDOLPH COUNTY.