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Car fire spreads into woods

Marshall McClung
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Meadow Branch – There was another brush fire before heavy rainfall arrived in Graham County early Monday morning.  A vehicle fire was reported just before 9:30 p.m., Sunday night on Old Field Gap Road.  The fire spread to the surrounding wooded area.

More snowfall, more … brush fires?

Marshall McClung
Friday, January 31, 2025
Santeetlah – Apparently, the saying “history repeats itself” is true: the last two snowfalls in Graham County have both been followed by brush fires in the same weeks.  Maybe the next time it snows, firefighters will be tempted to grab fire rakes instead of snow shovels. Shortly after 3 p.m.

Fire, rescue combine forces

Marshall McClung
Thursday, December 26, 2024
The Graham County Rescue Squad and Graham County Fire Department will soon become a single unit.  Commander Jeff Millsaps announced plans for the merger at the squad’s December meeting.
Dry conditions have sparked at least four brush fires in Graham County over the last week. The efforts to curb the spread of flames began Tuesday, Nov. 5, when this blaze started off Hoot Owl Hollow. Photo courtesy of Frank Cline/U.S. Forest Service

Dry conditions have sparked at least four brush fires in Graham County over the last week. The efforts to curb the spread of flames began Tuesday, Nov. 5, when this blaze started off Hoot Owl Hollow. Photo courtesy of Frank Cline/U.S. Forest Service

Everything’s on fire

Marshall McClung
Monday, November 18, 2024
If you are a firefighter – or have one in the family – you are subject to being awakened at unearthly hours when normal people are fast asleep. Such was the case Tuesday, Nov. 5, when firefighters rolled out of bed around 5 a.m., to respond to a brush fire in the Atoah Circle area of Graham County.
Aaron and Abbi Phillips lost their home on Upper Tuskeegee Road to a fire Saturday night. The couple also has a two-month-old son, Colter.

Aaron and Abbi Phillips lost their home on Upper Tuskeegee Road to a fire Saturday night. The couple also has a two-month-old son, Colter.

GoFundMe set up for young couple

Kevin Hensley
Thursday, October 17, 2024
Tuskeegee – Firefighters were unable to salvage a home in the Tuskeegee community, after a blaze quickly engulfed the residence Saturday. Crews were first dispatched to 754 Upper Tuskeegee Road around 9 p.m.

Spring brush fires continue to spark

Marshall McClung
Thursday, May 2, 2024
The woods may be “greening up,” but spring fire season is not over just yet. The Graham County 911 Center received a report of a brush fire burning on Upper Tuskegee Road around 7 p.m., April 23. The caller had stated the blaze was the “size of a baseball field.

Christmas Eve fire burns 1 acre

Marshall McClung
Thursday, January 4, 2024
Atoah – Holidays are often a busy time for emergency personnel – including firefighters. This was the case on Christmas Eve, when a brush fire was reported on Atoah Road around 2 p.m.

Brush fire threatens home

Marshall McClung
Friday, December 8, 2023
Robbinsville – Firefighters with the Graham County Fire Department, N.C. Forest Service and U.S. Forest Service responded to an out-of-control brush fire on Dillard Orr Road around 6:20 p.m. Nov. 29.

Rain halts brush fires

Marshall McClung
Thursday, April 13, 2023
Rain that began falling on Good Friday put a stop to the brush fires that have become an almost daily occurrence – at least temporarily. There were two more brush fires before the rain arrived. A debris-burning fire escaped control on Long Creek Road around 1 p.m. on April 4.

Commissioner seeks fire-station funding

Randy Foster
Thursday, December 29, 2022
Robbinsville – Considering that two fire chiefs serve on the five-member Graham County Board of Commissioners, you might not know it from the condition of the county’s fleet of fire engines.