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Wildfire, North Carolina

Western North Carolina wildfire up to 644 acres, now 60% contained

Firefighters caught a bit of good luck on Friday and made gains to contain and extinguish a wildfire burning in McDowell County.

The New York Times · 3d

Evacuations Are Ordered as Wildfire Breaks Out in Western North Carolina

The wildfire strikes an inland region of North Carolina that is still recovering from the damage wrought by Hurricane Helene in September.

Hosted on MSN · 1d

Wildfire Threat Could Burn Helene-Hit North Carolina Communities Off the Map

Months of neglect from federal officials threatened to combine the worst elements of two recent major disasters. Fortunately, residents in western North Carolina, a region ravaged by Hurricane Helene in September and then largely ignored by former President Joe Biden's Federal Emergency Management Agency for months thereafter,

2don MSN

2nd wildfire breaks out in Helene-ravaged North Carolina county as "significant progress" made in Crooked Creek Fire, officials say

Two fires are now burning in western North Carolina's McDowell County, just four months after it was hard-hit by Hurricane ...

3hon MSN

NC mountain wildfire of unknown cause rages on, closing roads, popular trail

Rain wasn’t enough to extinguish the fire, and flames continued “in areas of extreme hurricane damage,” U.S. Forest Service ...

WTVD1d

Western NC wildfire fully contained after prompting evacuations in Old Fort area

The Crooked Creek fire in McDowell County is now 100% contained. The fire has burned about 220 acres in total since breaking ...

WCCB1d

Air Quality Alert issued as wildfire smoke impacts Western N.C.

The North Fork Fire in McDowell County has burned an estimated 200 acres in an area of heavy tree damage from Hurricane Helene. This has lead to higher smoke production that is now impacting air ...

1don MSN

Firefighters contain 100% of wildfire that prompted evacuations east of Asheville

Fire crews were able to contain the rest of the remaining 220-acre wildfire in the Crooked Creek community in McDowell County ...

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