The Crooked Creek fire in Old Fort burned 220 acres through the evening of Jan ... McDowell County said the fire was likely fed by high winds while North Carolina Rep. Dudley Greene, a Republican who ...

An emergency shelter has opened at First Baptist Church in Old Fort at 203 E Main St. At 1:51 p.m. the office reported that ...

North Carolina's McDowell County, still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, is facing yet another natural disaster in the form of wildfires. Old Fort, a town of roughly 800 ...

Wind-whipped wildfires have prompted evacuations of people in the Carolinas as at least 170 fast-moving blazes have scorched ...

A wildfire that McDowell County Emergency Management called "out of control" erupted in the western North Carolina town of Old Fort on Wednesday, just four months after the area was ravaged by ...

A fast-moving wildfire ... North Carolina Forest Service website. Officials are urging residents to stay updated through emergency alert systems such as NIXLE alert system: text 28752 to 888777 ...

OLD FORT, N.C. – Wildfires erupted in western North Carolina on Wednesday, burning through the now-dry Appalachian mountainsides that were drenched by Helene months ago. Drone video shot ...

Firefighters were battling multiple wildfires that erupted across South and North Carolina overnight amid windy and dry conditions, authorities said.