OLD FORT, N.C. — A wildfire in a McDowell County community is 100% contained, officials said Thursday afternoon. The Crooked Creek wildfire, which has burned 220 acres as of Thursday afternoon, was ...

The U.S. Forest Service is working in partnership with the North Carolina Forest Service, Old Fort, Crooked Creek and Pleasant Gardens fire departments, and McDowell County Emergency Management.

Crooked Creek Fire 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, is 100% contained.

Lyttle was also a longtime member and former Chief of the Crooked Creek Fire Department in McDowell County. According to his obituary, Lyttle "was an avid outdoorsman.

A longtime McDowell County fire chief, who is a member of two fire departments, died in an off-duty accident. Steven Lytle died Monday, according to information from Fairview Volunteer Fire Department ...

'Unwavering' department chief with passion for outdoors The McDowell County native was also the assistant chief and longtime member of the Crooked Creek Fire Department in the county where he was ...

This is a separate fire from the Crooked Creek Fire, which burned an estimated 220 acres near Old Fort earlier last week. Officials said the fire was likely sparked when high winds topped a power ...

Fire crews were able to contain 100% of the 220-acre Crooked Creek wildfire in McDowell County that prompted evacuation orders previously.

Fire crews were able to contain the rest of the remaining 220-acre wildfire in the Crooked Creek community in McDowell County Thursday afternoon.