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Three wildfires are currently burning in Polk and Henderson counties in North Carolina ... Service estimates. Map of Deep Woods, Black Cove, Fish Hook fires Henderson County Emergency Management ...
Three wildfires are currently burning in Polk and Henderson counties in North Carolina ... County Emergency Management and the N.C. Forest Service have released maps of the three fires, indicating ...
The largest fires in WNC were the Deep Woods and Black Cove fires in Polk County not far from ... and size of fires with our North Carolina wildfire and smoke map. The map is interactive, is ...
The Black Cove Fire, which was first reported ... The fire now poses a threat of crossing state lines, prompting Transylvania County in North Carolina to declare a state of emergency, according ...
MEANWHILE, CREWS ARE SEEING PROGRESS IN POLK COUNTY ... returned to Western North Carolina. The Black Cove Fire continued to burn to the west, on both sides of the Green River, as firefighters ...
Polk County government declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, when the more than 2,000-acre Black Cove Fire started in Green River Gorge. On Sunday, the North Carolina Department of ...
In North Carolina, the Black Cove ... acres and is 98% contained. Polk County officials said the fire began on state-owned and private land in the Green River Gorge, about two miles northeast ...
SALUDA - The Green River Lodge rests on ... of the Deep Woods Fire on the county’s evacuation map. Brian Rodgers, section chief with the North Carolina Forest Service, said at a Saluda community ...
The two fires Black Cove at 3,046 acres and Deep Woods at 2,923 acres are moving closer to one another in Polk County. NC Forest Service ... “We have updated maps we’re going to have at ...
POLK COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The Black Cove Complex in Polk County has become the highest-priority fire in the United States, according to the North Carolina ... in the Green River Gorge.
On Saturday, April 19, 2025, the Pender County Fire Marshal's Office announced that a large woods fire is burning in Pender ...
Pender County, North Carolina, has experienced rapid population growth in recent decades, nearly doubling from 2000 to 2020. The county is attracting younger families due to improvements in the ...