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Parts of Gatlinburg on fire right now
Posted on 11/28/16 at 7:52 pm
Posted on 11/28/16 at 7:52 pm
Extremely sad. Multiple structure fires reported.
https://www.google.com/amp/wkrn.com/2016/11/28/gatlinburg-fire-officials-ask-residents-to-voluntarily-evacuate-due-to-wildfire-threat/amp/?client=safari
https://www.google.com/amp/wkrn.com/2016/11/28/gatlinburg-fire-officials-ask-residents-to-voluntarily-evacuate-due-to-wildfire-threat/amp/?client=safari
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Posted on 11/28/16 at 8:11 pm to The Tom Arnold
Oh man
Posted on 11/28/16 at 8:15 pm to The Tom Arnold
Was just there yesterday. Didn't see a fire.
Posted on 11/28/16 at 8:51 pm to AUCE05
There is now another one discovered in the park around Tremont, basically the park has been shut down on TN side. The winds are bad whipping fires around.
Posted on 11/28/16 at 11:13 pm to The Tom Arnold
On our flight home from Disney, me and the wife started talking about doing Thanksgiving week next year in Gatlinburg. She and the kids have never been, I went twice in the summer when I was in the Scouts.
Posted on 11/28/16 at 11:33 pm to The Tom Arnold
I have been going there since I was a kid and we go there every time LSU plays in Knoxville. We plan to go back next year for the game. We enjoy the hiking trails in the National Park. I hope they get through this ok.
Posted on 11/29/16 at 7:31 am to The Tom Arnold
Park Vista Hotel is burned as are at least 30 other structures in and around Gatlinburg. It rained some last night and there is more in the forecast for later today, so hopefully there will be some relief.
Posted on 11/29/16 at 7:50 am to geauxpurple
Looks like fires on all sides of town. Almost entire area evacuated. Alamo Steakhouse burned to ground, Park Vista hotel on fire, Regan Drive all on fire, Hillbilly Golf gone. We have family who retired there and they barely got down the mountain.
Posted on 11/29/16 at 8:53 am to geauxpurple
People from LeCompte Lodge are tweeting that the fire is headed their way. That is a hotel on top of a mountain that you can only get to by hiking there. Never stayed at the lodge but I have hiked that trail several times. It is one of my favorite hikes in the park. Most importantly I hope the people are ok, which they probably are since the news article that quoted them didn't say they were in peril. I also hope the trail survives because it is a beautiful hike.
Posted on 11/29/16 at 8:57 am to geauxpurple
There is only one person at the Lodge the winter caretaker. I checked the blog and he had not posted this morning so I wonder if he left in the early AM.
Posted on 11/29/16 at 10:14 am to Phideaux
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There is only one person at the Lodge the winter caretaker. I checked the blog and he had not posted this morning so I wonder if he left in the early AM.
Longtime former LeConte Lodge caretaker Allyson Hughes Virden and her husband Chris posted on Facebook before the evacuation became mandatory.
"The mountain headed up to LeConte is a blaze," Allyson Virden said. "We drove to the top of our hill and we were blown away with the fire that is spreading up Mt. LeConte. My heart is breaking ... Chris and I are about to pack up and head out. It breaks my heart to think of all the people in harm's way and the historic buildings that are in danger. Please pray for our community and beloved Smokies."
Wildfire LeConte Story
Posted on 11/29/16 at 1:27 pm to The Tom Arnold
Went there for senior trip a couple years ago. So sad 
Posted on 11/29/16 at 3:34 pm to The Tom Arnold
Latest update said that there were 3 fatalities in 3 separate incidents. I've seen reports that at least some of the old houses in Roaring Fork are gone. Hopefully, some were spared.
Posted on 11/29/16 at 9:19 pm to madmaxvol
The cabin my wife and I rent every year was destroyed and the owner lost three other cabins.
Posted on 11/30/16 at 10:07 am to The Tom Arnold
Looks like the Highlands condos up near the bypass was destroyed. Got some very nice homes on that road that probably got damaged.
Downtown seems to be ok for the main stretch of the parkway.
Downtown seems to be ok for the main stretch of the parkway.
Posted on 12/1/16 at 9:16 am to The Tom Arnold
Updated...now 7 confirmed dead. Death toll expected to rise as unchecked areas are searched moving forward.
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