The Table Rock Fire is now estimated to be 8,679 acres, growing almost exclusively on the northern and western sides of the fire, according to infrared data obtained from a surveillance flight at 4:30 p.

Rain will finally fall on some ashen landscape in western North Carolina on Sunday and Monday. Over 7,000 acres are burning in Black Cove and Deep Woods fires in Henderson and Polk counties. The Black Cove fire is 23% contained,

Republican President Donald Trump said on Sunday he was not joking about seeking a third presidential term, which is barred by the U.S. Constitution, but that it was too early to think about doing so.