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The East Fork Fire in Jackson County has now spread to 310 acres in the Nantahala National Forest and is 50% contained, according to a Nov. 7 update from the North Carolina State Forest wildfire ...
OLD FORT, N.C. – Wildfires erupted in western North Carolina on Wednesday, burning through the now-dry Appalachian mountainsides that were drenched by Helene months ago. Drone video shot ...
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 ...
2009: 19,130 acres (7,740 ha) Highway 31 Fire: South Carolina: Brush fire in Myrtle Beach, the most destructive fire in terms of loss in state history. Destroyed 76 homes and damaged 97. [50] 2009: 164,500 acres (66,600 ha) Brittany Triangle Fire: British Columbia: Also known as the Lava Canyon fire, this was the largest fire in BC in 2009.
The circumstance under which a fire occurs, and the likely consequences and public safety and welfare, natural and cultural resources, and values to be protected dictate the appropriate management response to fire" (United States Department of Agriculture Guidance for Implementation of Federal Wildland Fire Management Policy, 13 February 2009).
The Evans Road Wildfire was a smoldering peat fire in Eastern North Carolina that started on June 1, 2008 by lightning strike during North Carolina's drought - the worst on record. It burned 41,534 acres (168.08 km 2 ) inside the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge and burned for three months.
(The Center Square) – Evacuation orders because of wildfires have ended in the North Carolina mountains where Hurricane Helene did damage 18 weeks ago. McDowell County Emergency Management said ...
The state Forest Service has banned outdoor burning in 30 Western North Carolina counties in the wake of a spate of wildfires that have burned thousands of bone-dry acres.