The Associated Press reported that a wildfire in the Pisgah National Forest has scorched about 4,500 acres since last week.
Some 4,517 acres now have burned in the Shortoff Mountain fire in the Linville Gorge Wilderness, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
"The fire and two others in the same forest were started June 8 by lightning," said the AP. "The fires have burned a total of 5,400 acres and are about 95 percent contained, the service said. ...
"Parts of the Linville Gorge Wilderness were closed but have been reopened to the public."
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