South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette along with other states and local officials, visited Carolina Forest neighborhoods to speak with residents and first responders still fighting a now over 2,

Horry County firefighters and South Carolina Forestry Commission are working to extinguish a more than 2,000-acre wildfire that has burned for seven days in the Myrtle Beach area.

A Carolina Forest woman's backyard debris burn ignited the wildfire that spread to more than 2,000 acres and forced evacuations from eight area neighborhoods.