An outside fire has been reported on Bat Cave Road in Old Fort after a tree fell on a power line, local authorities said.

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Longtime Whatcom County residents might remember visiting the “bat caves,” a location in the Chuckanut Mountains so named for its nocturnal inhabitants. While the cave was once publicly accessible, it ...

OLD FORT, N.C. – An outside fire has been reported off of Bat Cave Road in Old Fort. Reports say that the fire was caused by ...

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An evacuation order has been issued for residents along Bat Cave Road in Old Fort as an "out of control" wildfire began to burn the afternoon of Jan. 29, according to the McDowell County Office of ...

OLD FORT, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The McDowell County Emergency Management said crews are responding to a large fire in Old ...

The wildfire, named the Crooked Creek Fire, ignited near the town of Old Fort, which was impacted by Hurricane Helene last September.

An outside fire has been reported on Bat Cave Road in Old Fort after a tree fell on a power line, local authorities said.

In the end, Livingstone Shire Council didn’t have to make a choice between approving a major quarry expansion or protecting a dwindling bat species. Cr Rhodes Watson, who inspected The Caves ...

Despite the monumental deluge Helene dumped on the region in late September and the catastrophic flooding, officials have warned about elevated wildfire risks.