The Garden Creek Fire, burning east of Blackfoot on the Fort Hall Reservation, has now consumed over a thousand acres and ...

OLD FORT, N.C. — A wildfire in a McDowell County community is 100% contained, officials said Thursday afternoon. The Crooked Creek wildfire, which has burned 220 acres as of Thursday afternoon, was ...

The U.S. Forest Service is working in partnership with the North Carolina Forest Service, Old Fort, Crooked Creek and Pleasant Gardens fire departments, and McDowell County Emergency Management.

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. — A volunteer fire department in western North Carolina is facing the loss of one of its battalion chiefs. The Fairview Volunteer Fire Department in Buncombe County ...

The Fairview Volunteer Fire Department announced the unexpected death of longtime Battalion Chief Steven Lytle in an off-duty accident on Feb. 17. He was 49 years old. Lytle was a member of the ...

Despite not being scheduled to work Monday evening, Deputy Officer Brian Piercy with the Crooked Creek Fire Department was covering an open shift when the call came in at 5:17 p.m. on Feb. 17.

This is a separate fire from the Crooked Creek Fire, which burned an estimated 220 acres near Old Fort earlier last week. Officials said the fire was likely sparked when high winds topped a power ...

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

Fire crews were able to contain 100% of the 220-acre Crooked Creek wildfire in McDowell County that prompted evacuation orders previously.