... fire off Gurganus Road. "We're just monitoring it now," Adkins said. "The rain has been pretty good to us." A large wildfire to the south of Jacksonville that has been burning for several weeks is finally showing signs of weakening, fire officials ...

Heat may be part of a firefighters job, but the prevailing extreme heat conditions are taking its toll on forestry personnel battling the Juniper Road wildfire in Holly Shelter game lands, forestry officials said.

Heat may be part of a firefighters job, but the prevailing extreme heat conditions are taking its toll on forestry personnel battling the Juniper Road wildfire in Holly Shelter game lands, forestry officials said.

A fire that started Tuesday in Onslow County has burned dozens of acres. The fire is burning between Parkertown Road and Belgrade-Swansboro Loop Road in Hubert.

Onslow County residents may get a light break from smoggy conditions caused by a still-burning wildfire in Pender County, officials said Saturday.

... Modified: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at 7:12 a.m. Firefighters tightened their grip around the massive Pender County wildfire Tuesday by deliberately setting game lands ablaze in an bid to deprive the fire of vegetation and other fuel sources it needs ...

Last Modified: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at 7:12 a.m. Firefighters tightened their grip around the massive Pender County wildfire Tuesday by deliberately setting game lands ablaze in an bid to deprive the fire of vegetation and other fuel sources it needs to survive.

Last Modified: Wednesday, June 29, 2011 at 7:12 a.m. Firefighters tightened their grip around the massive Pender County wildfire Tuesday by deliberately setting game lands ablaze in an bid to deprive the fire of vegetation and other fuel sources it needs to survive.

Weather conditions enabled Forestry crews to fight an area of the Holly Shelter Gamelands wildfire more directly Tuesday, according to forestry officials.

Update at 9 p.m. - Firefighters spent Sunday reinforcing lines around the Holly Shelter wildfire, which is now 25 percent contained, officials said.

... Built in the mid-1950s, the Holly Shelter fire tower stands unmanned on U.S. 17. It lumbers over a raging wildfire that has consumed 21,000 acres of game land preserves. The clearing around the tower is now more important than the tower itself. "We ...

... Built in the mid-1950s, the Holly Shelter fire tower stands unmanned on U.S. 17. It lumbers over a raging wildfire that has consumed 21,000 acres of game land preserves. The clearing around the tower is now more important than the tower itself. "We ...

Mostly Cloudy Heat Index: 96 F Mostly Cloudy Heat Index: 96 F Fair Temp: 91.0 F Heat Index: 98 F Fair Temp: 90.0 F RALEIGH, N.C. -- Gov.

... where they might be able to start a burnout operation, in which smaller fires are deliberately set to starve the wildfire of new fuel. A burnout operation was attempted Friday at a wildfire in Bladen County that's so far consumed more than 1,200 ...

It's been six days since the wildfire in Pender county has been burning and posing a threat in Onslow county.

... control. As of Saturday evening, the fire is 20% contained and approximately 21,336 acres have been consumed by the wildfire. The State of Emergency remains in effect. According to Onslow County Emergency Services Planning Officer Stacie Miles, ...

... work to contain a wild fire that has consumed more than 21,000 acres in Onslow and Pender Counties. Perdue declares wildfire emergency RALEIGH - Gov. Beverly Perdue declared a state of emergency in Eastern North Carolina Saturday as crews worked to ...