New North Creek fire breaks out in McDowell County

An evacuation order for a wildfire burning in McDowell County will be lifted after crews made progress battling the fire.
Two fires are now burning in western North Carolina's McDowell County, just four months after it was hard-hit by Hurricane ...
Rain wasn’t enough to extinguish the fire, and flames continued “in areas of extreme hurricane damage,” U.S. Forest Service ...
Wildfires have spread in McDowell County, North Carolina, an area already struggling to recover from Hurricane Helene.
An outside fire has been reported on Bat Cave Road in Old Fort after a tree fell on a power line, local authorities said.
Fire crews were able to contain the rest of the remaining 220-acre wildfire in the Crooked Creek community in McDowell County ...
The McDowell County Emergency Management is calling for residents to evacuate due to an “out of control” wildfire in Old Fort ...