The Rattlesnake Branch Fire in Cruso has expanded to 500 acres and is 0% contained as of 4 p.m. Thursday, according to the North Carolina Forest Service's Wildfire Public Viewer. The fire now ...

The Shining Rock Wilderness and Headwaters State Forest have reopened after heavy rains helped contain recent wildfires, ...

The Rattlesnake Branch Fire in Cruso grew to between 400 and 500 acres, the fire is still burning westward into the Shining ...

Mar. 29—"Uh-oh, that can't be good," thought Johnny Robinson when he spied a plume of smoke rising from a wooded hillside in Cruso on Wednesday afternoon. "It started out like a little old pillar of ...

The Rattlesnake Branch Fire that's been burning in Cruso since Wednesday has grown to 1,200 acres baby mid-day Saturday, but a clever strategy to steer the fire toward the unpopulated Shining Rock ...

A wildfire near Cruso, North Carolina has grown to between 400 and 500 acres. The fire is burning westward into the Shining Rock Wilderness Area, which has been closed by the Forest Service.

Good news on the Cruso fire front: new mapping of the fire's footprint puts the acreage at 1,851 acres as of Wednesday, ...

CRUSO, N.C. (WNCT) –The Rattlesnake Branch fire that started on Wednesday, Mar. 26, 2025, is quickly spreading due to dry ...

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A wildfire near Cruso, North Carolina has grown to between 400 and 500 acres. The fire is burning westward into the Shining Rock Wilderness Area, which has been closed by the Forest Service.