The McDowell County Emergency Management said crews were battling three wildfires in McDowell County that were first reported ...

An evacuation order for a wildfire burning in McDowell County will be lifted after crews made progress battling the fire.

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

Two fires are now burning in western North Carolina's McDowell County, just four months after it was hard-hit by Hurricane ...

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

Crews will remain on scene throughout the night to ensure containment efforts continue. At this time, there are no active ...

Wildfires have spread in McDowell County, North Carolina, an area already struggling to recover from Hurricane Helene.

The Crooked Creek fire in McDowell County is now 100% contained. The fire has burned about 220 acres in total since breaking ...

Rain wasn’t enough to extinguish the fire, and flames continued “in areas of extreme hurricane damage,” U.S. Forest Service ...

Helene reshaped much of western North Carolina’s landscape, rerouting rivers and felling large swaths of forests. Aerial ...

The fire is happening while Western North Carolina is under an increased fire danger warning due to gusty winds, making it ...

Officials said the Crooked Creek Fire is located in Old Fort and the Watson Place and North Fork Fires are located in Marion. Crews stated that gusty winds are pushing the fire making it difficult ...