He added that about 14 buildings remain ablaze in the city, as most of them are smoldering. 'This is one for the history books,' Miller said at a morning news conference. Miller said the fire spread Monday night by winds that at times exceeded 87 miles per hour. There have been no missing people or deaths reported associated with the fire. A fourth person is being treated for facial burns in Knoxville. Three people who suffered burns while trying to flee have been transferred from a Knoxville hospital to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, which has a burn unit. Gatlinburg Fire Chief Greg Miller says 12 people have been injured in the wildfires in the Gatlinburg area, most with non-life-threatening injuries. Gatlinburg mayor Mike Werner said Tuesday that half of the city was impacted by the blaze, but the downtown area is intact and that they will rebuild the city.
'It's the apocalypse on both sides (of downtown).' Bobby Balding told the Knoxville News Sentinel on Tuesday. 'The center of Gatlinburg looks good for now,' Newmansville Volunteer Fire Department Lt. Thousands of residents and visitors in the Gatlinburg area were evacuated from the Great Smoky Mountains, and hundreds of structures have been damaged and destroyed by the fire which is the worse to hit the area in decades as of Tuesday.
Grim photos show the burned out remains of small town Gatlinburg as thousands were forced to flee the resort town after a massive wildfire destroyed homes, hotels and had threatened to burn down the Dollywood theme park. Terrifying video shot from the Gatlinburg Park Vista Hilton Hotel shows flames just outside the windowsīy Hannah Parry For and Regina F.In a statement, Dolly Parton said: 'I am praying for all the families affected by the fire and the firefighters who are working so hard to keep everyone safe'.Dollywood was evacuated and tourists fled the area as wildfires ripped through Eastern Tennessee Monday.Schools in Green, McMinn and Sevier counties will are closed, and more than 12,000 people in Sevier County were without power as of early Tuesday morning.Westgate Resorts, a 16-story hotel and every cabin at Black Bear Falls is believed to have been destroyed.Four people suffered severe burns trying to evacuate and are hospitalized as no deaths have been reported.Roughly 400 homes and structures were damaged, as there's 'little hope' for relief anytime soon.More than 14,000 people have been forced to evacuate from resort towns of Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge.'It's the apocalypse': Burned out remains of Gatlinburg after thousands flee resort Tennessee towns as massive wildfire destroys homes and hotels and threatens Dollywood
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