Multiple prescribed fires are planned for Friday, March 20, across the national forests of North Carolina, including one in ...

Forestry officials and the state fire marshal warned legislators that North Carolina needs to be much better prepared to battle wildfires.

North Carolina's Forest Service is having a hard time retaining firefighters, even as incidents of wildfires climb across the ...

As wildfires burned throughout Western North Carolina in recent days, many first responders found themselves fighting fires in their own backyards. BPR spoke with North Carolina Forest Service ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- North Carolina's fall wildfire season is here, and the N.C. Forest Service is urging the public to protect homes and livelihoods by taking action to reduce wildfire risk. The ...

Some Forest Service workers supporting firefighting during wildfires across western North Carolina were reinstated by the Trump administration just days or weeks before the crisis. These employees ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- A statewide ban on all open burning was lifted in every county in North Carolina on Wednesday. The Burn Ban, issued by the N.C. Forest Service, went into effect on March 21 due ...

Brunswick County Wildfire 10% Contained, all evacuations lifted (PHOTO: WWAY) Brunswick County Wildfire 10% Contained, all evacuations lifted (PHOTO: WWAY) RALEIGH, NC (WWAY) — With North Carolina’s ...

The North Carolina Forest Service's website is showing a fire near Georges Branch Road in Candler.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. JACKSONVILLE, N.C (WNCT) — Calls for ...

EDGECOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — A wildfire in Edgecombe County is now contained after burning for several days. This week, wildfire crews and the North Carolina Forest Service responded to the fire in ...