What if this is the purpose of my pain? What if my purpose is to take my pain and help other people with theirs?," asked Michael Reed.

John K. Murphy offers an overview of some of the current legal issues that firefighters, officers, and fire chiefs are facing ...

Michael Reed became the face of the Gatlinburg ... East Tennessee, like much of the South, was a tinderbox with historic drought levels in the fall of 2016. It was in this setting that a fire ...

“The Gatlinburg Fire Department asks all individuals ... are asking the public to refrain from burning debris after the Tennessee Division of Forestry issued a very high fire danger for the ...

Eric Young packed up his cats and left his home in Transylvania County after Hurricane Helene knocked out power, water and ...

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — As several areas across East Tennessee place restrictions on outdoor burning, the Great Smoky Mountains National Park has issued a parkwide fire ban. The National Park ...

Firefighters announced progress Wednesday night on containing two of the largest wildfires burning in the North Carolina ...

Firefighters announced progress Wednesday night on containing two of the largest wildfires burning in the North Carolina ...

The North Carolina Forest Service said that the Black Cove Fire and Deep Woods Fire were each more than 10% contained on Wednesday night, after days of reporting zero containment for the two blazes.

Firefighters announced progress Wednesday night on containing two of the largest wildfires burning in the North Carolina mountains, but they warned that fire danger remained from dry and windy ...