A wildfire that burned an estimated 220 acres in McDowell County was likely sparked when high winds knocked down a power line near Old Fort, emergency officials said on Thursday. McDowell County ...

Fire crews were able to contain the rest of the remaining 220-acre wildfire in the Crooked Creek community in McDowell County Thursday afternoon.

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

An outside fire has been reported on Bat Cave Road in Old Fort after a tree fell on a power line, local authorities said.

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And residents on the other side of the fire perimeter were allowed to return home, too, near Topanga Canyon as well as Red Rock Canyon Park and the Cold Creek Valley Preserve. Crews continued to ...

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Now we come to the more immediately tractable causes of these fires. “Fire is a natural process that has shaped ecosystems for over 420 million years,” Iglesias says. “Indigenous people ...