Fire crews were able to contain the rest of the remaining 220-acre wildfire in the Crooked Creek community in McDowell County ...

OLD FORT, N.C. (WTVD) -- Firefighters made progress on the wildfire in western North Carolina that prompted evacuations. The ...

Western North Carolina's fishing season will see modified stockings and a reduced number of trout due to impacts from Tropical Storm Helene.

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An out of control wildfire is currently burning in the Bat Cave Road area in Old Fort, North Carolina and has forced some ...

McDowell County on the North Fork Fire, which has grown to 200 acres and is 20% contained. McDowell County Emergency Services ...

An outside fire has been reported on Bat Cave Road in Old Fort after a tree fell on a power line, local authorities said.

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. – At least three wildfires ignited near North Carolina towns that were devastated by Hurricane Helene.

The first of three wildfires broke out just before 11 a.m. Wednesday after a tree fell on a powerline in the region of ...

The evacuation orders given by the McDowell County Office of Emergency Management were lifted Jan. 30 after an 'out of ...

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