The McDowell County Office of Emergency Management issued an evacuation order for residents between between 3000-4500 Bat ...

An "out of control" wildfire has been reported on Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, prompting an evacuation order for nearby residents, according to McDowell County Emergency Management. The fire ...

FEB. 10, 2025 - The scene of a fatal shooting outside of the Dollar General store along Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, North Carolina. Old Fort Chief of Police Melvin Lytle said the incident is believed ...

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

OLD FORT, N.C. — An “out of control” wildfire has prompted an evacuation order for residents in the Crooked Creek community near Bat Cave Road south of Old Fort, according to McDowell County ...

OLD FORT, N.C. (WSPA) – A 220-acre wildfire in McDowell County is now fully contained. The Crooked Creek Fire began just before 11 a.m. Wednesday near Bat Cave Road south of Old Fort in McDowell ...

The fire burned 250 acres in the Crooked Creek community near Bat Cave Road south of Old Fort. Thursday evening McDowell County Emergency Management announced the fire was 100% contained.

The fire started Wednesday afternoon after a tree fell on a power line near 4131 Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, according to a county government news release. High winds caused the fire to spread ...

An evacuation order has been issued for residents along Bat Cave Road in Old Fort as an "out of control" wildfire began to burn the afternoon of Jan. 29, according to the McDowell County Office of ...