Two fires in the mountains of North Carolina have forced authorities to call for evacuations of some communities, with a 200-acre blaze breaking out near Hendersonville and an uncontrolled 675-acre fire burning at Collette Ridge, which apparently started more than a week ago, WNCN CBS-17 in Raleigh reports. Multiple other fires were burning across the state as around 90% of the state is currently experiencing below-normal rainfall and half the state is technically in a drought. We guess the Republican-dominated forgot to budget to rake the forests.