A wildfire ignited in part of North Carolina that's still recovering from Hurricane Helene, burning across forestland right near the local fire department on Jan. 29. Marianne Faithfull ...

The Crooked Creek Fire started at the 3500 block of Bat ... is now 100% contained, according to the North Carolina Forest Service's wildfire map.

A longtime chief with the Crooked Creek and Fairview fire departments died in an off-duty accident Feb. 17, leaving many to mourn, officials announced ...

The cause of the fire remains under investigation. As of 4:30 p.m. Jan. 30, the North Carolina Forest Service confirmed that the Crooked Creek Fire, which burned 220 acres in McDowell County ...

And as the chief of the Crooked Creek Fire Department for nearly two decades ... And when Helene descended on Western North Carolina, Lytle was in Fairview, coordinating storm response and ...