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.

Dec 2, 2016 · It’s one thing to see the charred destruction that raging wildfires left this week in the eastern Tennessee resort town of Gatlinburg, but quite another to see it side by side with pictures of...

Nov 26, 2021 · An aerial view shows Gatlinburg the day after a wildfire hit the city on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016, in Sevier County.

Nov 28, 2022 · Dozens of guests trapped by flames inside a Gatlinburg hotel described by phone what they were experiencing. Logan Baker and his family watched cabins on fire explode and said firefighters were...

Nov 27, 2017 · Gatlinburg one year after the wildfires. A raging inferno swept through the Great Smoky Mountains National Park and into the city of Gatlinburg, Tennessee on November 28, 2016, killing 14 people...

Nov 26, 2021 · By the time the fire had swept through Gatlinburg on Nov. 28, 14 people were dead, hundreds were injured and some 2,800 buildings were damaged or destroyed. Cole was assistant fire chief...

Jun 8, 2023 · Three years after the Gatlinburg Wildfire, the community continued to recover in a big way. There were 1,032 structures destroyed or substantially damaged in that fire.

Nov 29, 2021 · GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WATE) — Fives years ago, wildfires spread throughout Gatlinburg and Sevier County so quickly that 14 people lost their lives, more than 17,000 acres burned and more than...

Dec 28, 2016 · GATLINBURG — A month after a devastating fire roared through his county, Larry Waters still has had little time to reflect on it all. “Never in my wildest dreams, I never imagined having to...

On Nov. 25, 2016, the Chimney Tops 2 fire spread out of control into portions of Gatlinburg, devastating the area and claiming 14 lives.