The North Carolina Forest Service’s online wildfire public viewer indicated three active fires in Polk County, with the two largest spanning between 1.7 square miles to 1.9 square miles.

Officials said the fire has crossed into Henderson County in the area of Big Hungry River. The North Carolina Forest Service ... wanting to come in to take photos. We need to try to keep those ...

Polk County Local Government photo As of Monday ... debris on their property and the fire escapes. Jackson said this is the first statewide ban in North Carolina since November 2021.

The spring wildfire season had barely begun, but already it was relentless. Cheek, the North Carolina Forest Service ... said he couldn’t replace: old photos, clothes, his pet snake and ...

In North Carolina, at least eight fires were burning in the mountains. The largest — the Black Cove Fire and the Deep Woods ... Credit: Newsday/Kendall Rodriguez; Photo credit: Joseph D.