Weaverville wildfire off Elkwood Avenue contained after burning one acre, injuring one

A wildfire burning in woods just off Elkwood Avenue near Weaverville on March 5, 2026 scorched about one acre of vegetation and left one person with a minor injury before crews contained the blaze, officials said. The City of Asheville Fire Department identified the location and scope of the fire and credited crews with bringing it under control.

City of Asheville Fire Department Deputy Chief Christopher B. Budzinski was the named official attributing the injury to the incident; sources reported that one person was minorly injured in relation to the wildfire. Photographs of the scene were supplied by WLOS Staff, which also reported the department’s account of the March 5 fire.

Officials described the burned area as approximately one acre of wooded land adjacent to Elkwood Avenue near Weaverville. Reports consistently used that scale - phrasing ranged from “about an acre” to “approximately one acre” - and the department’s materials credited responding crews with containment of the fire once on scene.

Several key details have not been released by the City of Asheville Fire Department or in the WLOS reporting. As of the March 5 account, officials did not provide the cause of the wildfire, the exact time it started, dispatch or containment timestamps, the number and types of units that responded, or whether any structures were threatened. The identity, age, and treatment or transport status of the person who sustained the minor injury were also not provided.

The City of Asheville Fire Department and Deputy Chief Christopher B. Budzinski were the primary official sources cited for the incident; WLOS Staff supplied the photographs accompanying the reports of the March 5 fire. With containment reported and the burned footprint estimated at about one acre, the immediate danger was controlled, but investigators and fire officials have not yet made additional operational or investigative details public.