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High winds can cause fires to expand significantly but also blow down power lines, leading to more fires.
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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 .
In 2010, a member of the Cranick family of Obion County was burning trash near the family home, when it got out of control and caught the house on fire. They called 911, but the fire department refused to respond, because the Cranicks weren't on the list as having paid the tax.
The agency is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, [1] with four regional offices in Jackson, Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. [2] TEMA is a component of the Tennessee Military Department, along with the Tennessee National Guard (Tennessee Army National Guard and Tennessee Air National Guard) and the Tennessee State Guard.
Victims of a deadly 2016 wildfire that began in Great Smoky Mountains National Park before it burned through a Tennessee tourist town will have another chance to seek compensation from the federal ...
The following is a list of notable fire departments in Tennessee: City of Knoxville Fire Department; East Sullivan County Volunteer Fire Department; Memphis Fire ...