FEB. 28, 2025 - U.S. Forest Service crews battle Broad River wildfire along Highway 9. (WLOS) At this time, homes are ...
Multiple crews are battling a 15-acre wildfire in the Broad River community while Buncombe County remains under a burn ban ...
Low humidity and high winds caused more than 100 fires to break out in South Carolina on Saturday. One out of control fire ...
A longtime chief with the Crooked Creek and Fairview fire departments died in an off-duty accident Feb. 17, leaving many to ...
A tractor accident claimed the life of an assistant fire chief, according to McDowell County Emergency Services Director Will ...
A battalion chief at a local fire department has died in an off-duty accident. The Fairview Volunteer Fire Department in ...
Lytle, 49, spent 17 years at the helm of Crooked Creek, in McDowell County, before stepping down to assistant chief last year ...
No injuries have been reported. The fire is burning south of Black Mountain between Crooked Creek Road and Lavendar Ridge Road in an area that is one lane, the fire department said on social media.
Despite not being scheduled to work Monday evening, Deputy Officer Brian Piercy with the Crooked Creek Fire Department was covering an open shift when the call came in at 5:17 p.m. on Feb. 17.