North, South Carolina fires ablaze as severe weather threatens states: See wildfire maps In North Carolina alone, around 2,235 acres are on fire, according to the North Carolina Forest Service.

North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler, in a press release about a burn ban: "It is spring wildfire season in North Carolina, and we are seeing wildfire activity increase due to dry ...

State forestry officials have said thousands of acres of downed trees after Helene could contribute to heightened risk in the ...

North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler said in a press release about the burn ban: "It is spring wildfire season in North Carolina, and we are seeing wildfire activity increase due ...

The wildfire burning Thursday in western North Carolina is now the "highest priority fire in the U.S," the state Forest Service said as millions of residents across the parched region remained ...

North, South Carolina Wildfire Map Shows Blazes Spread to 6,000 Acres. Published Mar 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM EDT. By . Anna Skinner is a Newsweek senior reporter based in Indianapolis.

High winds were felt across western North Carolina on Jan. 29, when a wildfire broke out in Old Fort, one of the towns that was hard-hit by Hurricane Helene.

As of 5:00 pm ET Monday, the North Carolina Forest Service says 63 percent of the wildfire has been contained. A spokesperson with the agency says they do not believe any homes were damaged or ...

Those are available in all 100 counties at the North Carolina Forest Service offices. From 2020 to 2022, nearly 62,000 wildfires happened in the state, burning more than 24,000 acres, according to ...

Helene reshaped much of western North Carolina’s landscape, rerouting rivers and felling large swaths of forests. Aerial timber surveys indicate that Helene damaged over 800,000 acres of North ...

Air quality across much of eastern North Carolina has reached unhealthy levels in several coastal counties as a 55-square-mile wildfire burns the Croatan National Forest, the state Department of ...

According to the North Carolina Forest Service (NCFS), both fires are 0 percent contained. A wildfire boundary map from AirNow shows the boundaries of three wildfires burning in Polk County, North ...