RIGHT NOW, CREWS ARE IN MCDOWELL ... lines. An emergency shelter is open at 203 East Main Street in Old Fort, NC. Update at 4:28 p.m.: A wildfire burning in the Crooked Creek community of McDowell ...

Evacuation orders in McDowell County, NC, were lifted after the Crooked Creek Fire was 55% contained; it had prompted several ...

An outside fire has been reported on Bat Cave Road in Old Fort after a tree fell on a power line, local authorities said.

North Carolina ... power line during high winds on Wednesday. No injuries have been reported. The North Carolina Forest Service Wildfire Public Viewer showed that McDowell County was contending ...

Firefighters in Western North Carolina are ... a wildfire in McDowell County forced them to evacuate. The fire started Wednesday afternoon after a tree fell on a power line near 4131 Bat Cave ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. – At least three wildfires have ignited near North Carolina towns that were devastated by Hurricane ...

Residents in a rural Western North Carolina community ... of control” wildfire in McDowell County on Wednesday. The fire started after a tree fell on a power line near 4131 Bat Cave Road in ...

Emergency crews are working to contain a wildfire in Western North Carolina on Wednesday night. McDowell County Emergency Management ... to connect containment lines and increase the containment ...

OLD FORT, N.C. – An outside fire has been reported off of Bat Cave Road in Old Fort. Reports say that the fire was caused by ...