Mar. 29—"Uh-oh, that can't be good," thought Johnny Robinson when he spied a plume of smoke rising from a wooded hillside in Cruso on Wednesday afternoon. "It started out like a little old pillar of ...

The Rattlesnake Branch Fire that's been burning in Cruso since Wednesday has grown to 1,200 acres baby mid-day Saturday, but a clever strategy to steer the fire toward the unpopulated Shining Rock ...

The Rattlesnake Branch fire in the Cruso area of Haywood County remains at 1,865 acres and 24% containment, a slight ...

People like to start fires,” said Robert Scheller, a forestry and environmental resources professor at N.C. State. “We’re ...

The NWS Greenville-Spartanburg SC issued a weather alert at 9:01 p.m. on Wednesday for strong thunderstorms until 9:45 p.m.

As of 9 a.m., the Rattlesnake Branch fire in Cruso was 0% contained. The fire continues to burn westward into the Shining ...

A relatively new device is fighting wildfires from the air after the U.S. Forest Service deployed a large drone to fight ...

A band of rain passed through WNC and South Carolina, helping slow the spread of area wildfires. Here's what to know about ...

Good news on the Cruso fire front: new mapping of the fire's footprint puts the acreage at 1,851 acres as of Wednesday, ...

CRUSO, N.C. (WNCT) –The Rattlesnake Branch fire that started on Wednesday, Mar. 26, 2025, is quickly spreading due to dry ...

The weather has improved for firefighting, but wildfires continue to burn in WNC and the Upstate. Stay with the Citizen Times ...

Crews in Western North Carolina continue to work on a wildfire that began Wednesday in Haywood County. Here are the latest updates.