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Strong southerly winds (with wind gusts up to 87 mph) created by mountain waves [16] [17] blew sparks into the Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge areas and knocked down trees (which in turn started fires when they hit power lines). A separate named fire destroyed much of the Cobbly Nob subdivision east of Gatlinburg. [18]
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 ...
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.
Mandatory evacuations were ordered in areas where strong winds and drought stoked fires in the area, the National Weather Service said in an advisory.
LOS ANGELES − Damage assessments are underway across Los Angeles as blazes continue around the city for the sixth day.. The fires have killed at least 16 people and sent over 100,000 people from ...
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The center of Gatlinburg's tourist district escaped heavy damage, but the surrounding wooded region was called "the apocalypse" by a fire department lieutenant. [36] Approximately 14,000 people were evacuated that evening, more than 2,400 structures were damaged or destroyed, and damages totaled more than $500 million.
A man who lost his house in the Gatlinburg fire in 2016 is speaking out after watching another blaze burn through the mountains. Gatlinburg man looks back on 2016 wildfire as new one sparks ...