Fighting along a fire line for weeks at a time is a challenging task. Many of the crews battling a wildfire in Pender County have been at it for more than a month straight.

Fighting along a fire line for weeks at a time is a challenging task. Many of the crews battling a wildfire in Pender County have been at it for more than a month straight.

DARE COUNTY, NC After nearly two months, the Pains Bay Fire on Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge is completely contained, fire officials said Thursday.

Officials say a wildfire in Pender County has grown to nearly 30,000 acres and poses a danger to more than 2,000 homes.

Officials say a wildfire in Pender County has grown to nearly 30,000 acres and poses a danger to more than 2,000 homes.

A wildfire that's been burning in Dare County since May 5 has now been fully contained.

A wildfire that's been burning in Dare County since May 5 has now been fully contained.

Dare County officials say the fire in the Alligator River Nature Preserve fire is 97 percent contained.

The smoke from coastal wildfires has taken a toll on the health of North Carolina residents.

... 64 and east of Interstate 95. State officials took the steps Wednesday because of drought conditions and increased wildfire activity in coastal North Carolina. Firefighters and state and federal agencies are battling large wildfires in Dare, Bladen ...

Smoke from wildfires in Dare and Pender counties covered the Triangle on Tuesday, causing local and state officials to issue air-quality warnings and notify residents of the smoke.

The first of four meetings about health effects and efforts to fight the wildfire are being held today in Rodanthe and Manteo.

... children, older adults, and people who work or exercise outdoors. Conditions could be even worse near the weeks-old wildfire in Dare and Hyde counties that's left the air thick with high levels of particle pollution. The particles can irritate the ...

Firefighters who have been working on a 70-mile-square wildfire near the North Carolina coast are expecting no relief this week as heat continues to plague the area.

Firefighters who have been working on a 70-mile-square wildfire near the North Carolina coast are expecting no relief this week as heat continues to plague the area.

Firefighters who have been working on a 70-mile-square wildfire near the North Carolina coast are expecting no relief this week as heat continues to plague the area.

Officials in Dare County say the wildfire is now 89 percent contained. Fire containment lines have held strong for the last two weeks in the blaze that covers 70 acres of mainland Dare County.