Fire restrictions on National Forest lands. The U.S. Forest Service reminds that building, maintaining, attending or using a ...

The Alarka Five Fire has now burned 1,515 acres and remains at 37% containment, according to Swain County Emergency ...

Progress continues in fighting the Table Rock wildfire in South Carolina. Get the latest updates on fire containment, how the rain is helping and evacuation updates here. Sign up for our Newsletters ...

The National Weather Service has issued a high wind warning for Monday, with gusts up to 65 mph forecast for parts of central ...

The weather has improved for firefighting, but wildfires continue to burn in WNC and the Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times Monday for live updates ...

On Sunday, officials said there was reduced fire behavior due to minimal winds and high humidity caused by the expected rain.

The fire was first reported on March 20, caused by a downed power line. North Carolina remains under a statewide burn ban.

As of Sunday morning, there were seven active fires across the Carolinas. Three of them are in South Carolina while four are ...

"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 ...

Wildfires are unusual in the Carolinas, but not unheard of. The Great Fire of 1898 burned some 4,700 square miles (12,175 square kilometers) in the two states, an area roughly the size of Connecticut, ...

Wildfires continue to rage in Western North Carolina and the South Carolina Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times Saturday for ...

Table Rock became largest wildfire in SC history. On Saturday, fires had grown to more than 12,000 acres, surpassing Nov.