A lightning strike is to blame for a fire at Beech Mountain Sunday morning that destroyed two slope-side condos.

Flames fully engulfed multiple housing units at a popular Beech Mountain resort in the early morning on Sunday, March 16.

After the lightning hit, the fire spread, "then transformers started blowing, then propane tanks" during the intense blaze at ...

When lightning struck a balcony, sparking a fire Sunday night on Beech Mountain, Trey DeWolf called 911 then went ...

Eyewitnesses said the lighting hit a back deck at the Snow Tree Villas before the inferno began, WCNC reports. Eyewitnesses ...

The Land of Oz, a quirky tourist attraction popular in the 1970s, has managed to survive bankrupty, fire and vandals. But ...

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According to team members at Land of Oz, a “Wizard of Oz” themed park in Beech Mountain, the theme park will stay closed for ...

BEECH MOUNTAIN — A fire destroyed or severely damaged multiple Beech Mountain condos early Sunday. According to Watauga ...

Against the odds, a quirky attraction called the Land of Oz opened atop Beech Mountain and succeeded in a big way for a time.Across the decades the original has morphed ...

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BEECH MOUNTAIN — Beech Mountain's Land of Oz theme park has postponed its 2025 season.