As of 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30, firefighters were continuing burnout operations in McDowell County on the North Fork Fire, which has grown to 200 acres and is 20% contained.

Officials have confirmed that the Crooked Creek Fire, which burned 220 acres, is now 100% contained, according to McDowell County Emergency Management. McDowell County officials said there were no ...

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The McDowell County Emergency Management said crews were battling three wildfires in McDowell County that were first reported on Wednesday. Officials said ...

The evacuation orders given by the McDowell County Office of Emergency Management were lifted Jan. 30 after an 'out of control' wildfire burned 220 acres.

Lytle, 49, spent 17 years at the helm of Crooked Creek, in McDowell County, before stepping down to assistant chief last year ...

McDowell County Emergency Management have confirmed that the Crooked Creek Fire, which burned 220 acres, is now 100% contained. (Photo: Steve Ohnesorge) MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS ...

30, McDowell County Emergency Management officials said there were no reported injuries or fatalities from either the Crooked Creek or North Fork fires, but the Crooked Creek Fire did damage one ...

A longtime chief with the Crooked Creek and Fairview fire departments died in an off-duty accident Feb. 17, leaving many to mourn, officials announced ...

Unwavering' department chief with passion for outdoors The McDowell County native was also the assistant chief and longtime member of the Crooked Creek Fire Department in the county where he was born.

MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — On Tuesday, Feb. 25, McDowell County firefighter Steve Lytle will be laid to rest. A funeral ...