The evacuation orders given by the McDowell County Office of Emergency Management were lifted Jan. 30 after an 'out of ...
McDowell County residents are back home Thursday morning after a wildfire forced an evacuation the day before.
Wildfires have spread in McDowell County, North Carolina, an area already struggling to recover from Hurricane Helene.
The 50-acre fire started after a tree fell on a power line on Bat Cave Road in Old Fort, in McDowell County, on Wednesday.