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Salisbury, NC - Three firefighters died after battling a 5-Alarm fire at a lumber yard in Rowan County. Two more are being treated and at Rowan County hospital.

Correction - Two not three firefighters from Salsbury FD killed four firefighters injured.
Three firefighters from the Locke Fire Department, including Chief Rusty Alexander, were injured and should be released today. Another firefighter was taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem with unknown injuries. He is expected to survive, according to the Rowan Regional Medical Center.

Four Firefighters hurt in 5 Alarm Lumber Yard blaze in Salsbury, NC.

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SALISBURY, N.C. -- The number of firefighters injured in a five-alarm fire at a Rowan County lumber company has now climbed to four.

Two of those injuries are said to be serious.

According to a Rowan Regional Medical Center official, one of those seriously injured firefighters may be flown to Baptist Hospital.

The other two firefighters are from the Locke Fire Department and were not seriously hurt. The call came in just before 7 a.m. from an employee who had just arrived at work.

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Clayton, N.C. — At least 100 people were forced to evacuate their homes Sunday as brush fires stormed across North Carolina.

About 1,000 acres burned in Halifax County, but property damage was minimal, according to Robert Smith with the North Carolina Forest Service.

Sixteen fires burned in Halifax County overnight, but officials were able to reduce that number to eight fires by Monday morning. Most of the fires in Franklin County were also out Monday, but crews were still watching for hot spots.

Winds gusting to 60 mph blew trees onto power lines left some 5,335 customers without power in the northern region of the state – Raleigh to the Virginia state line – according to a 10:15 p.m. report by Progress Energy.

RALEIGH - Raleigh Fire Lieutenant Herman Jones passed away Tuesday, January 22nd in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

Lieutenant Jones was on duty Friday evening and reportedly suffered chest pains. He was transported to a local medical facility.

Firefighter Jones was assigned to Engine 10 (C-shift) in the southeastern portion of the city.

The arrangements are pending: