WILDFIRE NEAR OLD FORT PROMPTS EVACUATIONS; TWO OTHER FIRES REPORTED IN MCDOWELL COUNTY Crews made progress overnight on the Crooked Creek Fire, conducting multiple burnout operations, with ...

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

As of 6:30 p.m. Jan. 30, firefighters were continuing burnout operations in McDowell County on the North Fork Fire, which has ...

The Crooked Creek fire in Old Fort burned 220 acres through the evening of Jan. 29, but is currently at 55% containment, according to an update the morning of Jan. 30 from McDowell County's Office ...

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

"We lost a true Brother, Friend and Mentor of the fire service," Fairview Volunteer Fire Department said on its Facebook page ...

OLD FORT, N.C. (WTVD) -- Firefighters made progress on the wildfire in western North Carolina that prompted evacuations. The Crooked Creek fire in McDowell County is now 100% contained.

The Fairview Volunteer Fire Department announced the unexpected death of longtime Battalion Chief Steven Lytle in an off-duty accident on Feb. 17. He was 49 years old. Lytle was a member of the ...