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As drought conditions worsen across much of the state, the Forest Service is discouraging any type of burning to prevent possible wildfires.

North Carolina Forest Service officials are giving tips to residents to help prevent human-caused wildfires.

The fire was first reported Saturday evening in the area of the Three Bear Gully Trail. On Monday, the N.C. Forest Service announced a ban on all open burning.

Firefighters are working to put out a blaze in Pilot Mountain State Park that has burned more than 300 acres.

With local drought conditions showing no signs of waning, city and county fire officials are urging caution heading into Memorial Day weekend. Current weather conditions are posing what the Wilmington Fire Department calls an 鈥渆xtreme fire risk.鈥�

Two fires have merged into a single blaze more than three times as big as California's largest-ever known fire. A quarter of a million people have been urged to evacuate towns south of Sydney.

While many doubt the wisdom of rebuilding in a fire zone, the first building permits have been issued as the town of Paradise, Calif. begins to recover from the devastating Camp Fire of last November.