With much of Western North Carolina under moderate drought or abnormally dry conditions, wildfires are burning in the region.

In 2009, another large wildfire hit Horry County, where it burned more than 19,000 acres. Seven years later, the largest ...

The risk is spread throughout Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, northern Georgia and extreme western portions of North ...

The Black Cove Fire has burned 3,000 acres, the Deep Woods Fire 3,231 acres and Fish Hook Fire 199 acres. A new blaze, the Rattlesnake Branch Fire, has started.

The N.C. Forest Service has an interactive map showing wildfires across the state, with the size of the area involved and how ...

In the map below, you can see active incidents in the area marked as red, with active incidents in McDowell County. The full ...

Of the 99 counties experiencing drought or abnormally dry conditions in the state, Carteret, Craven, Jones, Onslow and Pamlico counties are classified as experiencing severe drought.