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One of the largest wildfires was the Chimney Tops 2 Fire, which burned more than 10,000 acres, and closed the Chimney Tops Trail. [11] The Great Smoky Mountains wildfires were the deadliest wildfires in Tennessee, [12] as well as the deadliest wildfires in the eastern U.S. since the Great Fires of 1947, which killed 16 people in Maine.
On November 28, the Chimney Tops 2 fire in the Chimney Tops of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park spread with the aid of strong winds and dry conditions, the fire quickly broke into multiple fires and spread across the mountains above and around Gatlinburg. By the evening hours the fire had reached the downtown area of Gatlinburg ...
2016 – The Gatlinburg Fire began as a wildfire in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and spread into the town of Gatlinburg, Tennessee, killing 14. [citation needed] 2016 – A fire started in a ramen shop burned 140 buildings in Itoigawa, Japan. 2017 – October 2017 Iberian wildfires.
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Strong winds created by mountain waves were a contributing factor with the devastating Gatlinburg fire on November 28, 2016 during the 2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires. [13] Damaging winds can also be generated by strong thunderstorms, with tornadoes and strong thunderstorm complexes (also known as mesoscale convective systems ...
They also have been fighting the 475-acre Tioga fire, which is estimated as being 80% contained. The wildfire was first reported just after 6 p.m. Saturday on the ridge overlooking Rocky Top near ...
The Tennessee State Fire Marshal's Office is requesting that church leaders submit a Plan of Corrective Action for issues related to the tent by Feb. 6.
Sperry Chalet on fire on August 31st. Extreme fire conditions prevailed, with high winds and intensively dry conditions assisting the Sprague Fire in expansion to the north and east into heavy fuel zones of older growth forest and dead and dying wood. The fire doubled in size to more than 4,000 acres (1,600 ha).