A unified command has been set up between the N.C. Forest Service and Polk County to battle ... is spring wildfire season in North Carolina, and we are seeing wildfire activity increase due to dry ...

Parts of North Carolina and South Carolina have been designated an "elevated fire risk" for weeks because of high winds, low humidity and little rain.

Both North Carolina and South Carolina are under a burn ban to help keep those fires from spreading. The Black Cove Fire Complex is made up of three active fires in Polk County: 2,923 acres burned ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — More evacuations were issued in Polk County ... wildfire season in North Carolina, and we are seeing wildfire activity increase due to dry conditions," Agriculture Commissioner ...

According to Johgnson, the Super Scooper can land on the water and intake large amounts through its two on-board tanks ...

NORTH CAROLINA (WSPA) – All open burn bans will be lifted on Wednesday morning, according to the North Carolina Forest Service.

Polk County government declared a state ... Cove Fire started in Green River Gorge. On Sunday, the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services said the blaze was 0% contained.

A devastating wildfire in Polk County, North Carolina, leads to mandatory evacuations ... according to the state's department of agriculture and consumer services. Approximately 250 firefighting ...

Polk County, in the western part of the state, is home to about 20,000 people. The Forest Service had a statewide burn ban in effect, with the agency announcing that “under North Carolina law ...

A set of three wildfires in Western North Carolina have ballooned to cover ... In response to the Black Cove Fire in Polk County, evacuation orders have been issued for residents that live along ...

A unified command has been set up between the N.C. Forest Service and Polk County ... in North Carolina, and we are seeing wildfire activity increase due to dry conditions,” Agriculture ...