MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - McDowell County Emergency Management said a wildfire is causing traffic delays on I-40 on Wednesday. According to officials, drivers traveling I-40 Old Fort Mtn.

Drift smoke from western North Carolina wildfires continues to affect McDowell County and the burn ban remains in effect. “Smoke is expected to intensify through Friday," reads a statement from ...

“The wildfires in western North Carolina continue to grow, so I have expanded our state of emergency,” Stein said in the ...

Amid staffing shortages at N.C. Forest Service, inmate firefighters in a state program are battling more WNC wildfires.

As the Table Rock Complex Fire continues to spread, jumping the state line into Transylvania County, North Carolina ... is in place for Haywood, Macon, McDowell, Rutherford and Swain counties.

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

Evacuation orders were issued Sunday for parts of Polk County, North Carolina, where three large wildfires have burned more ...

Please avoid the area. Red Flag warnings are in effect Friday, March 28, across Western North Carolina. Increasing winds and low humidity create conditions ripe for wildfires. Here's a report from ...