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 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 ...
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 ...
The evacuation orders given by the McDowell County Office of Emergency Management were lifted Jan. 30 after an 'out of ...
The Crooked Creek fire is threatening the nearby town of Old Fort, N.C., a small Western North Carolina community about 25 miles from Asheville. High winds and dry conditions are pushing the fire ...
The Crooked Creek fire in Old Fort burned 220 acres through the ... McDowell County said the fire was likely fed by high winds while North Carolina Rep. Dudley Greene, a Republican who represents ...
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 wildfire, named the Crooked Creek Fire, ignited near the town of Old Fort, which was impacted by Hurricane Helene last September.
by WLOS Staff TOPICS: OLD FORT, N.C. (WLOS) — Just a few months after the area was ravaged by Hurricane Helene, an "out of control" wildfire in the western North Carolina town of Old Fort ...