Crews battling wildfire in rural Pender County

MAPLE HILL, NC (WWAY) — Pender County Emergency Management is on the scene of an approximately 150-acre wildfire located inside the Holly Shelter Game Lands.

Pender County EM staff is assisting the North Carolina Forest Service with the fire.

Smoke from this fire may affect the Maple Hill, Holly Ridge, and other neighborhoods along the Pender County and Onslow County borders.

For updates throughout the day, you can visit the Pender County Emergency Management or Pender County Facebook pages and website.

We will also have more updates when they become available.