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This is part three in our series, Five days of flames – The Gatlinburg ... emergency medicine and fire science at Walters State Community College. His crews faced wildfires — some inside ...
Sevier County wildfire, Robin Sutherland and her husband Cam owned three rental cabins in the woods around Gatlinburg. They sold one a month before the fire and planned to build their retirement ...
Great Smoky Mountains National Park staff respond to an approximately 1.5-acre wildfire reported near the Chimney Tops Trail “just beyond the summit of the trail over extremely steep terrain ...
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) – Today, Sunday, Nov. 28, marks five years since the deadly Gatlinburg wildfires. Wildfires had already been burning in the region for several days, but a “perfect ...
Even as officials in Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and Sevier County assess the damage caused by a massive wildfire, the question of how the blaze started continues. Gatlinburg Fire Chief Greg Miller ...
GATLINBURG, Tenn. --People in cars and trucks rolled into the wildfire-ravaged city of Gatlinburg on Friday to get a first look at what remained of their homes and businesses, and a mayor raised ...
The hottest and driest autumn on record is fueling what the mayor of Gatlinburg ... destructive fires like this from happening. But fire suppression began in the early 20th century, putting ...
It’s one thing to see the charred destruction that raging wildfires left this week in the eastern Tennessee resort town of Gatlinburg, but quite another to see it side by side with pictures of ...
A new house under construction one year after the wildfires devastated Gatlinburg. You can clearly see the path of the fire by the trees without leaves. Gatlinburg and the Great Smoky Mountains ...
GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — A wildfire near Gatlinburg has been contained after burning two acres and threatening three structures. The fire was on Greenbriar Lane, located off Wiley Oakley Drive.
These are the areas near Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge that have been hit by wildfires: Two structures had minor damage from the fire, four were damaged by wind or fallen trees, and one camper ...