No injuries have been reported. The North Carolina Forest Service Wildfire Public Viewer showed that McDowell County was contending with three active wildfires Wednesday including the Crooked ...

A second wildfire has erupted in western North Carolina's McDowell County ... technical issue with cellular networks." "There are no active evacuation orders" related to the Crooked Creek fire ...

Climate change has driven a major increase in wildfires in recent decades. But a new study shows North American forests still ...

The full data is available at the North Carolina Forest Service website. Map shows active incidents in the area marked in red, with wildfires in McDowell County. Source: North Carolina Forest ...

At least 29 people are believed to be dead and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires rage ...

Fewer wildfires burn in North American forests today than in previous centuries, increasing the risk of more severe wildfires, according to research published in Nature Communications. The findings ...

The Lilac Fire, the largest of the blazes, grew to 85 acres and triggered evacuations in Bonsall, a small community about 45 minutes north of San ... Red flag warnings active across Southern ...

The Hughes fire, burning near Castaic Lake north of Santa Clarita, exploded to more than 10,000 acres of mostly brush in just a few hours. More than 50,000 people were under evacuation orders and ...

Scars on trees left by fires hundreds of years ago are helping scientists understand past wildfire trends across North America and giving clues to how blazes might unfold with further climate change.

when the Palisades Fire ignited and still remains active after two weeks of burning. The fires materialized amid dry conditions and extremely high winds, with gusts exceeding over 90 mph in some ...