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McDowell County emergency teams responded to a chlorine leak at Baxter Healthcare on Thursday. The leak was contained the ...
McDowell County Emergency Management reports crews are responding to a chlorine leak at a manufacturing plant on Thursday.
Nearly a dozen homes were damaged, several vehicles destroyed, and one person was hurt after a round of severe thunderstorms ...
Multiple departments also responded to a structure fire in Dysartsville where they battled downed trees and power lines to ...
McDowell County Emergency Management reports U.S. 221 has shut down following a crash on Monday. Officials said the highway ...
By 10:30 p.m., the Bee Rock Branch Fire — as it is now known — was estimated to have burned 175 acres with 0% containment, according to McDowell County Emergency Management.
A crash near the McDowell County-Rutherford County line has caused the highway to be shut down, according to officials.
MCDOWELL COUNTY, N.C. (WSPA) – The McDowell County Emergency Management has issued an evacuation order due to the Bee Rock Branch Fire. All residences on Wild Acres Road, off of NC 226 A near ...
An emergency shelter is in place at First Baptist Church in Old Fort, located at 203 East Main Street, according to McDowell County Emergency Management. Emergency personnel from across McDowell ...
McDowell County Emergency Management has issued an evacuation order for all residences on Wild Acres Road off of N.C. 226-A near Little Switzerland due to a wildfire, according to a news release.
McDowell County Emergency Management said the fire started along Armstrong Creek Road, just off North Carolina Highway 226 in Turkey Cove. As of Wednesday morning, the fire had grown to 2,085 ...
By 10:30 p.m., the Bee Rock Branch Fire — as it is now known — was estimated to have burned 175 acres with 0% containment, according to McDowell County Emergency Management.