More information about prescribed burns in Great Smoky Mountains National Park is available on the park's Wildland Fire webpage.

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WVLT)— Park officials said a fire in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that prompted the closure of some campsites, trails and a road was started by a lightning strike.

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