People like to start fires,” said Robert Scheller, a forestry and environmental resources professor at N.C. State. “We’re ...

A house fire in Polk County was swiftly contained this morning after emergency crews responded to the scene around 7 a.m.

Polk County officials said one out of three active wildfires in the “Black Cove Fire Complex” is contained.On Monday, March ...

A 71-year-old man died Tuesday in a fire in Polk Township. The Monroe County coroner did not officially release the man’s ...

The North Carolina Forest Service has lifted a ban on all open burning in the state. This will go into effect at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, April 2. This comes after a statewide ban that went into effect on ...

“You can and will go to jail for starting a fire outdoors in South Carolina. Period,” Gov. Henry McMaster wrote on social media. Burn bans were also in place in western North Carolina. Some residents ...

Lighter winds Monday helped crews battle the wildfires that caused evacuations and threatened hundreds of homes over the weekend. Polk County is on the fringes of an area badly hit by Helene last year ...