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Despite constant efforts from hundreds of firefighters, containment remains low on the three fires. Here's what we know.
A wildfire continues to burn in Western North Carolina. Officials in McDowell County say the Bee Rock Creek Fire has spread ...
A more than 600-acre wildfire in Pender County on N.C. 210 has been fully contained. WECT was previously told by the Pender ...
Firefighters continue preparing firebreaks and protecting structures in anticipation of elevated temperatures, high winds and ...
The blazes are burning less than a month after multiple fires tore across the state as well as South Carolina amid warm and ...
according to the North Carolina Forest Service wildfire map. Due to weather conditions, both states have placed a statewide ban on all outdoor burning, according to a media advisory. "In all cases ...
Scattered rain showers are forecast for western North Carolina from Sunday, March 31 through Monday. An active air quality alert is in effect for the Asheville area. A burn ban is in place for all of ...
SWANNANOA, N.C. (WLOS) — Community members gathered in Swannanoa for a wildfire preparedness town hall. Attendees met with Deputy Fire Chief Larry Pierson to highlight what homeowners can do to help ...
Federal officials say two wildfires spreading in western North Carolina have burned more than 2 square miles of wooded area.
In 2009, another large wildfire hit Horry County, where it burned more than 19,000 acres. Seven years later, the largest mountain wildfire in South Carolina's history ignited and burned more than ...
The Table Rock Fire had burned more than 11,400 acres as of Sunday morning. A massive wildfire burning for more than a week in South Carolina jumped the border Saturday and was spreading Sunday ...
At least eight active wildfires are burning across both states on Monday, some of which have prompted evacuations.