Another fire, the Bee Rock Branch Fire, near Little Switzerland in McDowell County started April 14 and has grown to 175 acres as of the morning of April 16. It forced some evacuations.

March wildfires have impacted parts of Western North Carolina ... Carolina wildfire and smoke map. The map is interactive, is updated hourly and provides detailed information on each fire.

Wildfire season is not over for Western North Carolina. After fires burned for weeks in March, new fires have broken out in April. The largest of these, the Haoe Fire, was burning 500 acres in the ...