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 ...

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 ...

OLD FORT, N.C. (WSPA) – An out of control wildfire fire has been reported off of Bat Cave Road in Old Fort. Reports say that the fire was caused by a tree falling onto a power line. Emergency ...

OLD FORT, N.C. (WSPA) – An “out of control” wildfire fire has been reported off of Bat Cave Road south of Old Fort in McDowell County. Reports say that the fire was caused by a tree falling ...

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 evacuation orders given by the McDowell County Office of Emergency Management were lifted Jan. 30 after an 'out of control' wildfire burned 220 acres.

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 ...

According to the Old Fort Police Department, the shooting took place at a Dollar General on Bat Cave Road. Police officers and deputies arrived at the scene to find a person who had died.