McDowell County Emergency Management has issued an evacuation order for all residences on Wild Acres Road off of N.C. 226-A near Little Switzerland due to a wildfire, according to a news release.

McDowell County Emergency Management has issued an evacuation order for all residences on Wild Acres Road off of N.C. 226-A near Little Switzerland due to a wildfire, according to a news release.

Officials said in their 8 p.m. update that the wildfire burning in the Crooked Creek community in McDowell County is at 15% containment and is estimated to have burned 250 acres at this time.

PAROLE. AND IN MCDOWELL COUNTY, CREWS ARE MAKING A LITTLE PROGRESS ON THE B. ROCK CREEK WILDFIRE. ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS, THE FIRE IS ABOUT 504 ACRES AND 10% CONTAINED. WE’RE TOLD IT’S MOVING ...

A wildfire in northern McDowell County near Little Switzerland grew to 175 acres April 14, with no additional evacuations or significant changes overnight. U.S. Forest Service crews are responding ...

The Bee Rock Creek Fire has grown from 300 acres April 16 to 504 acres in McDowell County as firefighters gain some containment on the active fire, U.S. Forest Service officials said April 17.

A wildfire burning in McDowell County has grown to 856 acres as emergency crews from across the country work to contain flames in rugged, storm-damaged terrain near the Blue Ridge Parkway.

McDowell County Emergency Management has issued an evacuation order for all residences on Wild Acres Road off of N.C. 226-A near Little Switzerland due to a wildfire, according to a news release.

A wildfire in northern McDowell County near Little Switzerland grew to 175 acres April 14, with no additional evacuations or significant changes overnight. U.S. Forest Service crews are responding ...