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The Shining Rock Wilderness Area has officially reopened to the public after rain this week helped contain the Rattlesnake ...
A wildfire near Cruso, North Carolina has grown to between 400 and 500 acres. The fire is burning westward into the Shining ...
The Rattlesnake Branch Fire, currently burning in Pisgah National Forest, has expanded significantly to approximately 629 acres. Despite firefighting efforts, the containment remains at a minimal 5%.
CRUSO, N.C. (WNCT) –The Rattlesnake Branch fire that started on Wednesday, Mar. 26, 2025, is quickly spreading due to dry ...
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 ...
A massive wildfire burning for more than a week in South Carolina jumped the border Saturday and was spreading Sunday into ...
The Alarka Five Fire has now burned 1,515 acres and remains at 37% containment, according to Swain County Emergency ...
Sean Rayford/Getty Images Another fire, the Rattlesnake Branch Fire, spread Saturday from South Carolina's Pickens County into western North Carolina's Transylvania County, according to an update ...
The Rattlesnake Branch Fire is on private land and the Shining ... approximately 11 miles southeast of Waynesville, North Carolina. As of Thursday, April 3, the fire is estimated to have reached ...
Wildfires are unusual in the Carolinas, but not unheard of. The Great Fire of 1898 burned some 4,700 square miles (12,175 square kilometers) in the two states, an area roughly the size of Connecticut, ...