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No stranger to wildfires, a Helene-ravaged WNC now faces a complicated future battling them
People like to start fires,” said Robert Scheller, a forestry and environmental resources professor at N.C. State. “We’re ...
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Latest information on Rattlesnake Branch fire
The Rattlesnake Branch Fire is on private land and the Shining Rock Wilderness Area on Pisgah National Forest around the community of Cruso, approximately 11 miles southeast of Waynesville, North ...
LIVE UPDATES (April 1) | Burn ban lifted for all North Carolina counties on April 2
The North Carolina Forest Service has lifted a ban on all open burning in the state. This will go into effect at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, April 2. This comes after a statewide ban that went into effect on ...
LIVE UPDATES (April 2) | Statewide burn ban lifted, Deep Woods fire containment increases
A ban on all open burning in North Carolina will be lifted as of 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 2. A statewide ban went into effect ...
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No stranger to wildfires, a Helene-ravaged WNC now faces a complicated future battling them
In Haywood County, the Rattlesnake Branch Fire, which broke out March 26 on private land near Cruso, spread into Shining Rock Wilderness, with crews from the U.S. Forest Service, N.C Forest ...