JONES COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Crews continue to make progress in fighting the fire in the Croatan National Forest, and the ...

This boggy wetland is full of peat rich soil, which can burn and smolder underground for long periods of time. Officials in the Croatan now are working to soak through that peat, which is ...

Crews continue to battle hotspots in the Croatan National Forest as the fire is now 83% contained. According to the U.S.

Containment efforts for the Black Swamp Fire in the Croatan National Forest have reached 87%, officials announced. The fire, ...

Firefighters are continuing their efforts to control the Black Swamp Fire, which remains at 950 acres with 70 percent ...

Croatan National Forest district ranger Ron ... but establishing a fire line is difficult work in swampy, organic soil. Typically pairs of tractor-plows work in tandem digging firelines and ...

The soil at Croatan National Forest contains peat soil, which is made up of decomposed organic matter that is highly flammable. “You can put out the fire on the surface, but because that peat ...

After testing, the sand was deemed acceptable. However, with the offseason officially ending, the project will now need to move to Croatan, leaving some areas at the Oceanfront untouched.

NEW BERN, N.C. (WNCT) — Containment of the Croatan National Forest Black Swamp ... to keep burning roots and soil cool. Helicopters are being used to drop water collected from the nearby Great ...

Air quality across much of eastern North Carolina has reached unhealthy levels in several coastal counties as a 55-square-mile wildfire burns the Croatan National Forest, the state Department of ...