Polk County officials said one out of three active wildfires in the “Black Cove Fire Complex” is contained.On Monday, March ...

Polk County officials are urging some residents who live near uncontrolled fires to "leave now" as two of the fires surge ...

BOILING SPRING LAKES, N.C. (WECT) - A crew of firefighters has returned home after helping with wildfires in the western part ...

More evacuations ordered in Polk County March 23 as firefighters strategize around "nightmare" conditions to battle over ...

As of the latest March 24 evening update, maps indicated that one fire in Polk County had hopped the Green River.

Firefighters from Randolph County traveled to Polk County to assist in battling wildfires. The East Side Fire Department ...

Evacuation orders were issued Sunday for parts of Polk County, North Carolina, where three large wildfires have burned more ...

The victim was pronounced dead at 5:46 p.m., according to the Monroe County Coroner’s Office. The coroner’s office identified ...

A 71-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene of the home on Long Mountain Road in Polk Township, around 5:46 p.m., ...

Fire crews were on the scene of a house fire that left one man dead along Long Mountain Road in Polk Township around 11:30 ...

N.C. Forest Service spokesperson E. J. Dwigans confirmed the fire had hopped the river in two spots in Polk County. The fire moved toward Cove Creek on March 24, according to the N.C. Forest ...