A week after a woman accused of igniting a wildfire that burned thousands of acres in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, the Florida Forest Service has taken command.

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.

Follow wildfire updates in North and South Carolina, where blazes erupted over the weekend. The largest stemmed from a forest fire near Myrtle Beach.

A federal grant to help fight South Carolina wildfires has been approved after an initial rejection, providing key funding for firefighting costs.

South Carolina has gotten a federal grant to support firefighting near Myrtle Beach as the Covington Drive Fire burns over 2,050 acres.

In South Carolina, 175 wildfires burned across the state, scorching over 4,200 acres of land and straining firefighting resources, according to the state fire marshal's office. Response operations were ongoing in various areas, including Horry, Spartanburg, Union, Oconee, and Pickens counties.

Here is a rundown of the different fire terms you may have seen over the past few days and what they mean for South Carolina residents. The National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWGC) defines ...