McDowell County residents are back home Thursday morning after a wildfire forced an evacuation the day before.

OLD FORT, N.C. — Firefighters continue to make progress against the North Fork Fire in McDowell County, which is now 65% ...

Through the power of social media and some community organizing, volunteers helped an elderly couple dig their home out of ...

The fire started Wednesday afternoon after a tree fell on a power line near 4131 Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, according to a ...

The McDowell County Office of Emergency Management issued an evacuation order for residents between between 3000-4500 Bat ...

The 250-acre fire started after a tree fell on a power line on Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, an area already recovering from ...

As of 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30, firefighters were continuing burnout operations in McDowell County on the North Fork Fire, which has ...

The Chimney Rock Village Task Force has been holding meetings on restoration plans, and are planning public surveys, interviews, and input sessions.

An “out of control” wildfire burning in western North Carolina is forcing residents to evacuate from their homes on Wednesday, according to the McDowell County officials.

In the must-see video above, evacuations were ordered after a wildfire ignited in McDowell County, western North Carolina, on Wednesday, January 29.