Emergency crews are working to contain three wildfires in western North Carolina. WYFF reports McDowell County Emergency Management said the wildfire near Old Fort is currently 55% contained, and evacuation orders are being lifted Thursday morning. The wildfire, burning in the Crooked Creek community, is estimated to cover 250 acres about a hundred miles west/northwest of Charlotte.
Multiple outbuildings have been destroyed and one home was damaged, but no homes have been completely destroyed, and no deaths have been reported.
The fire started after a tree fell on a power line.