Arsonists were responsible for some of the wildfires first responders have battled over the past month, with one arrest made and multiple investigatio.
Drenching rain on Tuesday put a stop to Cherokee County’s fire vulnerability and local and state agencies are responding in kind with a lifting of burn bans just in time for Thanksgiving.
A day after Western North Carolina received its first significant rainfall in two months, the N.C. Forest Service lifted its burn ban for most western counties.