Highways at each end of North Carolina closed due to fires

http://www.greensboro.com/news/north_carolina_ap/highways-at-each-end-of-north-carolina-closed-due-to/article_fb37ed0d-15f9-553b-ab44-6e8f9967f3a0.html

Wildfire spreading rapidly over 4,000 acres on Dare mainland

http://outerbanksvoice.com/2016/04/19/wildfire-spreading-rapidly-over-4000-acres-on-dare-mainland/

1400-acre woods fire in Bolivia causes smoke and ashes to cover parts of Wilmington

http://www.wbtv.com/story/31764265/1400-acre-woods-fire-causes-smoke-and-ashes-to-cover-parts-of-wilmington 

Forest Service warns of high fire danger

http://www.salisburypost.com/2016/04/19/forest-service-warns-of-high-fire-danger/

No direct cause determined in Southern Power fire

http://www.salisburypost.com/2016/04/19/fire-officials-no-direct-cause-determined-southern-power-fire/

Earth’s hot streak continues for a record 11 months

http://www.independenttribune.com/news/earth-s-hot-streak-continues-for-a-record-months/article_223eb99e-065e-11e6-ac5e-2f117320fc8a.html

Tom Mather

Public Information Officer

Office of Public Affairs – Division of Air Quality

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality