A second wildfire has erupted in western North Carolina's McDowell ... be damaged across western North Carolina from Hurricane Helene in September. In Old Fort, at least 47 homes and buildings ...

The evacuation orders given by the McDowell County Office of Emergency Management were lifted Jan. 30 after an 'out of control' wildfire burned 220 acres.

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 ...

OLD FORT, N.C. (WTVD) -- Firefighters made progress on the wildfire in western North Carolina that prompted evacuations. The Crooked Creek fire in McDowell County is now 100% contained.

He noted that North Carolina has nearly 13 million acres ... Even as firefighters raced to halt the wildfire near Old Fort, McDowell County officials reported that a smaller blaze had broken ...

The North Carolina Forest Service Wildfire Public Viewer showed that McDowell County was contending with three active wildfires Wednesday including the Crooked Creek Fire in Old Fort and the ...