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 of ...

The Crooked Creek Fire, which authorities say started after a tree fell on a power line, began at the 3500 block of Bat Cave Road. As of 6 p.m. Wednesday, the fire has burned about 250 acres and ...

The Crooked Creek Fire erupted in Old Fort, North Carolina, on January 29, almost four months exactly after the town was hit by Hurricane Helene.

The Crooked Creek Fire is 0% contained and driven by wind. The fire has reportedly jumped across Bat Cave Road in Old Fort. No injuries have been reported from the fire, McDowell County Emergency ...

Fire crews were able to contain 100% of the 220-acre Crooked Creek wildfire in ... The fire started Wednesday afternoon after a tree fell on a power line near 4131 Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, ...

Old Fort, a town of roughly 800 located in McDowell County, was hit with evacuation orders Wednesday afternoon after the Crooked Creek wildfire broke out, the Asheville Citizen Times, part of the ...

A longtime chief with the Crooked Creek and Fairview fire departments died in an off-duty accident Feb. 17, ... Lytle, who had been in a tractor accident on Mount Hebron Road in Old Fort, ...

This is a separate fire from the Crooked Creek Fire, which burned an estimated 220 acres near Old Fort earlier last week. Officials said the fire was likely sparked when high winds topped a power ...

Fire crews were able to contain 100% of the 220-acre Crooked Creek wildfire in ... The fire started Wednesday afternoon after a tree fell on a power line near 4131 Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, ...