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MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. – At least three wildfires ignited near North Carolina towns that were devastated by Hurricane Helene. As of Thursday, the Crooked Creek Fire in McDowell County burned an ...
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 ...
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 ...
Allen Fire: North Carolina: Nearly 93,000 acres of forest, wetlands and farmland burned in northeastern North Carolina in one of the biggest fires in modern state history. [44] 1987: 650,000 acres (260,000 ha) Siege of 1987: California and Oregon: Cause: large lightning storm in late August.
2025 California wildfires-Burned near Castaic Lake. Evacuations forced; associated with extremely powerful Santa Ana wind event that begun on January 22, 2025. [9] Border 2: California: San Diego: 6,625: January 23: January 30: 2025 California wildfires-Vegetation fire burning in the Otay Mountain Wilderness. [10] Blue Hills Texas: Hutchinson ...
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.
Wildfires burned in three areas of McDowell County, North Carolina, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. ©McDowell County 911 / Emergency Management | Facebook
North Carolina rescinded burn bans in 30 counties recently and Buncombe County ended its own burn ban. There are still a few wildfires burning in WNC. There are still a few wildfires burning in WNC.