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Martha Quillin. November 10, 2023 at 6:30 AM. 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 ...
Smoke plumes from the Clear Creek (left) and Locust Cove #2 wildfires as seen from Marion, NC on Nov. 30, 2023. Wildfire season is winding down as the weather cools and climate becomes more humid ...
The U.S. Forest Service and North Carolina Forest Service have provided an update on the Collett Ridge fire, 4 miles south of Andrews in the Cherokee County area of Nantahala National Forest.
Wildfires can happen in many places in the United States, especially during droughts, but are most common in the Western United States and Florida. [3] They may be triggered naturally, most commonly by lightning, or by human activity like unextinguished smoking materials, faulty electrical equipment, overheating automobiles, or arson.
The Mangum Fire burned more than 70,000 acres (280 km 2) of forest. A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation. [1][2] Depending on the type of vegetation present, a wildfire may be more specifically identified as a bushfire (in Australia), desert fire, grass ...
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 ...
Structures destroyed. 2,000+. Ignition. Cause. Several fires suspected to have been caused by arson. The 2016 Southeastern United States wildfires were a series of wildfires in the Southeastern United States in October and November 2016. The U.S. Forest Service reported tracking 33 wildfires that had burned about 90,000 acres (36,000 ha).
In North Carolina, a youth camp and about a dozen homes were evacuated Sunday evening as the fire spread in the Sauratown Mountains in Stokes County, said Jimmy Holt, a ranger with the N.C. Forest ...