NorthCarolinaForestService

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.

Appalachian Trail hiker rescued

Marshall McClung
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Fontana Dam – The Graham County 911 Center received a cell phone call from a female hiker on the Appalachian Trail, requesting assistance just after 3 p.m., Monday.  Elayna Simmons, 28 of Cincinnati, Ohio, was hiking alone when she became ill almost five miles in on the trail from Fontana Dam.

Busy day for fire and rescue

Marshall McClung
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Saturday turned out to be a busy day for Graham County Fire and Rescue – and included personnel from the Snowbird unit, the North Carolina Forest Service, and the 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

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.