Polk County, North Carolina, residents were ordered to evacuate after a string of wildfires destroyed hundreds of acres in the area. Just before 9 p.m. on Thursday, a local official said that three ...

Three wildfires continue to burn Monday across a large portion of western Polk County with little containment. The Black Cove, Deep Woods, and Fish Hook fires have burned a combined 5,754 acres as of ...

Three stubborn North Carolina wildfires burning for nearly a week in the same county continue to give firefighters a tough time, officials said.

Wildfires have been burning in Western North Carolina since March 19, leading to states of emergency, burned homes and evacuations. The fires have continued to grow, covering thousands of acres ...

The Black Cove Complex in Polk County has become the highest-priority fire in the United States, according to the North ...

Firefighters continue preparing firebreaks and protecting structures in anticipation of elevated temperatures, high winds and ...

"The wildfires in western North Carolina continue to grow, so I have expanded our State of Emergency,” Stein said in a statement. “Our State Emergency Response Team is responding with every tool at ...

NEED TO AVOID. BUT WE BEGIN AT NOON RIGHT NOW WITH THE WILDFIRES IN THE CAROLINAS, THREE FIRES CONTINUE TO BURN IN POLK COUNTY, CAUSING MULTIPLE EVACUATIONS AND EVEN DESTROYING SEVERAL HOMES.

The fires were burning in an area ravaged by Hurricane Helene in September. Evacuation orders were issued Sunday for parts of Polk County, North Carolina, where three large wildfires have burned ...