Wildfires continue to rage in Western North Carolina and the South Carolina Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times Saturday for ...

Evacuations were ordered for a fire near Bryson City that was only 10% contained, emergency management officials said Friday ...

Evacuations are now lifted in Henderson and Polk counties in North Carolina due to wildfires in the Black Cove area. For the ...

"The wildfires in western North Carolina continue to grow, so I have expanded our State of Emergency,” Stein said in a statement. “Our State Emergency Response Team is responding with every tool at ...

This story will be updated throughout the day as new information about Western North Carolina wildfires becomes available.

The fire was first reported on March 20, caused by a downed power line. North Carolina remains under a statewide burn ban. Governor Josh Stein declared a State of Emergency on March 26 in response to ...

Currently, there are nearly 500 personnel along with crews from across North Carolina and 14 other states are on the ground contributing to efforts.

"As far as these fires go, this is very good," said Terry Lebo, incident meteorologist for the National Weather Service.

Table Rock became largest wildfire in SC history. On Saturday, fires had grown to more than 12,000 acres, surpassing Nov. 2016 Pinnacle Mountain Fire.