The wildfires in Polk County, North Carolina, have surpassed 6,000 acres and can now be seen 500 miles up by satellites, ...

Wildfires continue to burn in Western North Carolina and the South Carolina Upstate. Stay updated with our live coverage Thursday, March 27.

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With much of Western North Carolina under moderate drought or abnormally dry conditions, wildfires are burning in the region. The largest fires in WNC were the Deep Woods and Black Cove fires in ...

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National Weather Service said the western and central North Carolina Piedmont and Sandhills regions have the worst conditions ...

With much of Western North Carolina under moderate drought or abnormally dry conditions, wildfires are burning in the region. The largest fires in WNC were the Deep Woods and Black Cove fires in Polk ...

The North Carolina Department of Public Safety announced a mandatory evacuation starting at 8:20 p.m. Saturday for parts of Polk County in western North Carolina about 80 miles (128.7 kilometers ...