elizabeth hur repts oe elizabeth: ring flames tearing across the southeast of more than 3000 firefighters battling 42 wildfires overnight. all fueled by the drought in the south and many believed to be man-made. with anyone who is information on anyone who may start of the spiders. elizabeth: at least one arrest so far including 21-year-old johnny mullins seen on facebook warning people to beware of flames. later allegedly confessed he set the fire in eastern kentucky to get more facebook followers. the remaining suspicious fires and in north carolina the situation is dire. a mandatory evacuation is in place. >> conditions are terrible. even just tossing a cigarette in the front yard can cause a fire. smoke also prompting air-quality warngs. code red in western carolina and orange in parts of georgia. >> it just went in my lungs. i had to get out of here. >> 65 years. never seen it like this. hopefully it rains. i the forecast. elizabeth: the north carolina governor says the worst-case scenario, the largest fire there could earn until march. -- could burnntil march. emily: a tou situation for them. for us we are dealing with potential downpours. cindy: we ll watch downpou moving forward but i want to share some neat video happening along e coast this morning. see that i w