HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. — A person is facing a charge after a debris burn led to a wildfire in Henderson County.
The Poplar Drive Fire in Henderson County started on Nov. 3, and remains 434 acres in size and is now 98% contained.
The North Carolina Forest Service said the cause of the wildfire was a debris burn that occurred on private property on Oct. 26.
Duff Swan, 51, of Maitland, Florida, was cited and charged, according to the North Carolina Forest Service.
Officials said one home, two cabins, one uninhabitable mobile home, one uninhabitable cabin and two outbuildings were destroyed. One home was also damaged.
The North Carolina Forest Service said two firefighters sustained minor injuries and both were treated and released.
Officials said four minor motor vehicle crashes have been reported.
No one was injured in the crashes, the North Carolina Forest Service said.
Conditions will remain dry this week with low humidities overnight, keeping vegetation and soil crisp. Leaf fall and an extremely dry duff layer provide ample fuels for fire to spread. The burn ban for 30 counties in Western North Carolina will remain in effect until further notice.
A burn ban was issued for Burke, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Gaston, Graham, Henderson, Jackson, Macon, McDowell, Polk, Rutherford, Swain and Transylvania counties effective as of 5 p.m. Nov. 5.
A burn ban was also issued for Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Caldwell, Catawba, Haywood, Iredell, Lincoln, Madison, Mecklenburg, Mitchell, Watauga, Wilkes and Yancey counties effective as of 5 p.m. Nov. 8.
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