NC CREWS BRACE FOR 'RAPID' FIRE GROWTH IN HEADWATERS STATE FOREST OF TRANSYLVANIA COUNTY “If we have a house ... “You basically have trees that are hay stacked on top of each other,” Owen said.

People like to start fires,” said Robert Scheller, a forestry and environmental resources professor at N.C. State. “We’re ...

Transylvania County government Thursday gave what it expects would be its last forest fire update. The county is also evaluating lifting the state of emergency.

“Dead and downed hardwood tree litter ... to the west,” the Forest Service said. As the Table Rock Complex Fire continues to spread, jumping the state line into Transylvania County ...

The debris, including downed trees and river long jams ... across the North Carolina border into Transylvania County, most residents of Sherwood Forest, a private development 8 miles southeast ...