PIEDMONT TRIAD, N.C. (WGHP) — Several wildfires burned across the Piedmont Triad Saturday after the North Carolina Forest Service issued a statewide burn ban. Wilkes County EMS shared video with FOX8 of a wildfire along the mountainside of Old Highway 16 near the Wilkes and Ashe County line. It is currently 100 acres, and it is only 50 percent contained. Crews are being challenged by high winds and low humidity. They're working with the North Carolina Forestry Service, the Wilbar Fire Department, Wilkes County Emergency Management and other agencies to fight the fire. There is also an ongoing fire in a wooded area at the Stokes County/Rockingham County line approaching 100 acres with heavy smoke visible. Stokes County Public Services, volunteer fire departments, forestry officials and other first responders are battling that fire this evening, and we have reached out for updates. The statewide ban on open burning remains in effect until further notice. This is a developing story. ...read more read less