Officials said crews are battling the Rattlesnake Branch Fire which was first reported on Wednesday, March 26.As of April 1, ...

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

The Rattlesnake Branch Fire is on private land and the Shining Rock Wilderness Area on Pisgah National Forest around the community of Cruso, approximately 11 miles southeast of Waynesville, North ...

The Rattlesnake Branch Fire in Cruso has expanded to between 400 and 500 acres and is 0% contained as of 9 a.m. Thursday.

The wildfire that started in Cruso Wednesday afternoon reached over 200 acres by Wednesday night and continued to grow in size overnight, with 0% containment. The Rattlesnake Branch Fire started on a ...

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 in the Cruso area of Haywood County remains at 1,865 acres and 24% containment, a slight ...

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

As of 9 a.m., the Rattlesnake Branch fire in Cruso was 0% contained. The fire continues to burn westward into the Shining Rock Wilderness Area in Haywood County. Wednesday, the Forest Service closed ...

A relatively new device is fighting wildfires from the air after the U.S. Forest Service deployed a large drone to fight ...

Stay up to date with the location and size of fires with our North Carolina wildfire and smoke map. The map is interactive, ...