WINTER HAVEN, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office, Winter Haven Police Department and Polk County Fire Rescue were searching Thursday afternoon for a juvenile in Lake Roy who was swimming ...

A ban on all open burning in North Carolina will be lifted as of 8 a.m. Wednesday, April 2. A statewide ban went into effect ...

A damp Monday, March 31 brought relief to firefighters on the ground, however, the North Carolina Forest Service continues to ...

The Alarka Five Fire has now burned 1,515 acres and remains at 37% containment, according to Swain County Emergency ...

The fires, which started in Polk County, have now spread into Henderson ... North Carolina officials published a new map showing the evacuation zones in Polk and Henderson counties.

"The wildfires in western North Carolina continue to grow, so I have expanded our State of Emergency,” Stein said in a statement. “Our State Emergency Response Team is responding with every tool at ...

Five hundred firefighting personnel have been battling the blazes in Polk County, where some residents ... 5 p.m., according ...

Five hundred firefighting personnel have been battling the blazes in Polk County ... Transylvania County orders curfew for evacuation zone as Table Rock Fire threatens area Two of the three ...

Here's what wildfire maps say Hundreds of firefights from across the ... Polk County officials lift some evacuation orders ...

Polk County officials said the fire began on state ... "There was little movement in the fireline overnight and no change to the evacuation zone," the county said in a Saturday morning briefing.