An "out of control" wildfire burning near Old Fort is forcing evacuations, according to the McDowell County Emergency Management Administration. The 50-acre fire has 0% containment, according to the ...

OLD FORT, N.C. – An outside fire has been reported off of Bat Cave Road in Old Fort. Reports say that the fire was caused by a tree falling onto a power line. Emergency crews are on scene working to ...

McDowell County Emergency Management said that the wildfire in Old Fort is currently 15% contained, but evacuation orders ...

An evacuation order for a wildfire burning in McDowell County will be lifted after crews made progress battling the fire.

The evacuation orders given by the McDowell County Office of Emergency Management were lifted Jan. 30 after an 'out of control' wildfire burned 220 acres.

Two fires are now burning in western North Carolina's McDowell County, just four months after it was hard-hit by Hurricane ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — We have an update on a McDowell County wildfire burning since last week. The U.S. Forest ...

OLD FORT, N.C. — An "out of control" wildfire burning near Old Fort is forcing evacuations, according to the McDowell County ...

North Carolina's McDowell County, still recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene, is facing yet another natural disaster in the form of wildfires. Old Fort, a town of roughly 800 ...

As of Wednesday night, McDowell County Emergency Management said that the wildfire in Old Fort is currently 15% contained, but evacuation orders remain in place. The wildfire, burning in the ...

Approximately 100 personnel from the U.S. Forest Service, North Carolina Forest Service, McDowell County Emergency Management ...