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A 5-acre wildfire that forced Dollywood to suspend entry for about 30 minutes Nov. 16 is now 100% contained, but still remained “active” Nov. 17, along with a 130-acre fire in Anderson County ...
Extreme dry conditions have led to wildfires and burn bans across Tennessee. The rain in the forecast won't be enough to help.
Wildfires have prompted campgrounds in North Carolina and Tennessee to evacuate starting Sunday while firefighters prepared for high winds and low humidity on Monday, though officials hoped for ...
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 .
As of the morning of Nov. 9, the wildfire map from the Tennessee Division of Forestry shows the fire near Rocky Top that was first reported Nov. 6 is at 100% containment. The fire was mapped at ...
A total of 14 people died and 134 others were injured in the Smoky Mountains fires, while over 2,400 structures were burned. Damages were totaled to over $500 million. [12] [24] On December 8, the burn ban was lifted for four of the 51 counties in Tennessee to aid cleanup of tornadoes that happened on November 29 in southeast Tennessee. [25]
2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires: Tennessee: Began in late November 2016. It significantly impacted the towns of Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, both near Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The fires claimed at least 14 lives, [67] [68] injured 190, [69] and is one of the largest natural disasters in the history of Tennessee. [70] [71] [72 ...
Over the weekend, fire officials in North Carolina started to get a handle on the Black Bear Fire within the Pisgah National Forest, right off of Interstate 40 near the Tennessee state line. The ...