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The 2016 Great Smoky Mountains wildfires, also known as the Gatlinburg wildfires, [1] were a complex of wildfires which began in late November 2016. Some of the towns most impacted were Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg, both near Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
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 ...
A new opinion from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has potentially given the victims from the 2016 Gatlinburg wildfire a new way to sue the federal government over how it handled the blaze.
Gatlinburg is a mountain resort city in Sevier County, Tennessee. ... The fire prompted new downtown building codes and a new downtown fire station. Ripley's has ...
Smoke fills the air and surrounds businesses and resorts in the wake of a wildfire on Nov. 30, 2016 in downtown Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Thousands of people have been evacuated from the area and ...
This is the driest period in the area since 2016 National Weather Service data shows, the same year the massive Chimney Tops and Gatlinburg fire occurred over Thanksgiving weekend, leaving 14 ...
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.
The Gatlinburg police department, fire department and Convention and Visitors Bureau will help to spread the word about bear-related issues. The city has reminded residents that some properties ...