BPR spoke with three Forest Service employees who worked on wildfires throughout the WNC communities they call home.

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RALEIGH, N.C. (WITN) - The statewide burn ban has now been lifted. Effective at 8 a.m. today, the Department of Agriculture said conditions across the state have improved with recent rainfall.

North Carolina has lifted the statewide burn ban. It went into effect on March 21 due to hazardous forest fire conditions.

According to the State Forest Service, burn bans have been lifted across North Carolina. The original mandate went into ...

Due to improved weather conditions, the North Carolina Forest Service has lifted the statewide burn ban. The ban started on ...