The Polk County Emergency Management (PCEM) said that they are currently working on retrieving more resources for the Forest Service to continue combatting the wildfires. PCEM is in contact with State ...

More evacuations ordered in Polk County March 23 as firefighters strategize around "nightmare" conditions to battle over 4,700 acres of wildfire.

POLK COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — Nearly 5,000 acres are burning in Polk County as crews battle three separate wildfires. The latest ...

Two wildfires over 2,900 acres in Polk County are uncontained while another at 152 acres is 50 percent contained.

Evacuation orders were issued Sunday for parts of Polk County, North Carolina, where three large wildfires have burned more ...

Forecasters posted an elevated fire-weather risk for an area from northern Georgia, through western portions of the Carolinas ...

Polk County Emergency Management on Friday afternoon issued a mandatory evacuation for all residents of the Piney Gate area.

Firefighters are working to contain three fires in Polk County, North Carolina. A statewide burn ban was issued for North ...

County briefings go live on Wednesdays at 11 a.m. The March 5 briefing offered post-Helene water quality updates, upcoming relief deadlines and more.

POLK COUNTY, North Carolina (WLOS) -- In Polk County, the wildfires along US-176 are at 63% containment after Monday, March 3. That comes as a relief to many throughout Saluda and Tryon.

So far this year in North Carolina, 1,830 fires have burned 4,925 acres of land throughout the state, according to approximated data from N.C. Forest Service. The Melrose Fire in Polk County is ...