A longtime chief with the Crooked Creek and Fairview fire departments died in an off-duty accident Feb. 17, leaving many to mourn, officials announced ...
A battalion chief at a local fire department has died in an off-duty accident. The Fairview Volunteer Fire Department in Buncombe County announced that Steve Lytle died Monday but did not say the ...
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No injuries have been reported. The fire is burning south of Black Mountain between Crooked Creek Road and Lavendar Ridge Road in an area that is one lane, the fire department said on social media.
Lytle, 49, spent 17 years at the helm of Crooked Creek, in McDowell County, before stepping down to assistant chief last year ...
Despite not being scheduled to work Monday evening, Deputy Officer Brian Piercy with the Crooked Creek Fire Department was covering an open shift when the call came in at 5:17 p.m. on Feb. 17.