WATCH: Nazis, submarines, and eastern NC’s great blimp base fire of 1995. In the latest “Billy Ball Explains NC,” our senior editor tells the story of a 1995 fire in Weeksville, NC, that destroyed the largest wooden building in the world. The base, part of which is still standing today, was a key national defense post during World War II.
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