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 ...

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

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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 ...

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

The blaze happened early Sunday morning at the Snow Tree Villas at 105 Wedling Weg, just off the slopes of the Beech Mountain ...