LIVE UPDATES (April 2) | Statewide burn ban lifted, Deep Woods fire containment increases
A ban on all open burning in North Carolina will be lifted as of 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 2. A statewide ban went into effect ...
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Saluda inn houses Helene survivors, evacuees as firefighters work to tame Polk County fires
From this vantage point, Bill Wilson watches as Chinook helicopters, spotter planes and air tankers launch an aerial fight ...
Final update on Black Cove Complex shows fires nearing full containment: NCFS
Crews will continue mop-up operations across the Black Cove Complex on Thursday, April 3. Firefighters will focus on ...
Rain near Western North Carolina mountains expected to help firefighters combat wildfires
Rain over the weekend helped fire crews in the region, and they hope more rain and thunderstorms will suppress wildfires ...
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Asheville Answers: How do the Western North Carolina fires impact wildlife?
Progress continues to be made toward reaching full containment. The Black Cove and Deep Woods fires were on the wildlife commission's Green River Game Land, Jacobs said. And while it's not typical ...
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‘Never seen something like this before:’ effects of Helene on wildfires expected to last decades
“We've never done that. I don't really know that anybody's ever done that.” The Black Cove and Deep Woods fires burned more than 7,500 acres over two weeks in Polk and Henderson countie ...
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Polk County wildfires intensify under 'nightmare' conditions, secures FEMA disaster grant
The conditions are what county Fire Marshal Bobby Arledge called a “nightmare.” Both the Deep Woods Fire and the Black Cove Fire grew in Green River Cove over the weekend, together totaling 4,621 ...
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Henderson County burning ban canceled as of April 2 as wildfire conditions improve
Flames can be seen from Green River Cove Road in Mill Spring Saturday, Mar. 22, 2025 as crews work to dispel the Deep Woods Fire and the Black Cove Fire. Outside burning requires a burn permit.