The fire started on chimney top mountain, one of the smokies most popular hiking destinations, then quickly spread to the quaint resort cities of gatlinburg and pigeon forge. 10news reporter Sarah Hollenbeck is in the newsroom. Sarah, hundreds of acres are burning right now and the fire is only getting stronger. Yes, its not only destructive but extremely dangerous, as emergency workers evacuate people in gatlinburg, pigeon small towns around the area, firefighters from 16 states are working to battle the massive blaze. Right now the fire continues to burn around the city of pigeon forge, were at least 500 people have been evacuated. Sharing terrifying videos as they leave their homes, hotels and businesses behind. More firefighters will be getting to tennessee from around the country this morning to smoke in the air is so thick that several schools and daycares are forced to close this morning. More than 1,200 people are in shelters right more than 1,200 people are in shelters right n
If you are about to head out the door some bridges are starting to pick up especially the Howard Frankland into tampa. The rest of the drive times are not looking too bad. 275 headed south, 15 minutes from the apex to i4. That will pick up and another 30 minutes so leave early and then 75 as you head south from state road 56 down to the selmon expressway, 17 minutes. Good morning and welcome to 10news this morning. I am 10news morning anchor ian reitz. Nine number of developing stories. A plane crash in south america kills several members of a Brazilian Soccer Team. There are survivors. We will have the latest. We will start with the latest on the wildfire and eastern tennessee. This is threatening homes and resorts in the Smoky Mountains. It started on Chimney Top Mountain as one of the most popular hiking destinations. It quickly spread to the resort city of gatlinburg. You can see how big it is. As you look at this video. Lets go to jenny dean and sarah hollenbeck. I want to when yo
Bay area. You see almost as many florida tags as you do tags from tennessee. This is a map and a look at the area. Eastern part of the state, 45 minutes ago, gatlinburgs mayor said of those damage, 100 buildings were in town and 150 out of the immediate gatlinburg area. Firefighters had to take 12 people to the hospital morning fire crews are looking at destruction from the fire overnight. For many this is a tough challenging night and a deeply personal fight. Its difficult to go out into a community to try to protect and serve others when your own property and everything you have worked for his burning down. But that is with these men and women have done for the last 24 hours. I want to express my gratitude. I know ive been there many times over the years, a place i love to visit, and its hard for me to watch images. I can imagine if you lived there. The downtown gatlinburg area, the good news, so far it has remained intact. The fire chief wanted to ask people a few things. Dont use w
Evacuations in several towns including gatlinburg and pigeon forge. Those towns are full of tourists this time of year. There are also reports of flames burning at the edge of the dollywood theme park. The good news rain is in the forecast today. And could help put out the wildfires. dave partly sunny and breezy today, with no closed captioning is developing right now in tampa. Thieves target a gun store. Now, theyre on the run. And we dont know how many guns or ammunition are missing. Fox13s Shayla Reaves is live at Tampa Arms Company this thanks, shayla. We start with a news alert out of colombia this morning. A charter plane on its way to medellin has crashed. There were 81 people on board at the time including a brazilian soccer team. According to Colombian Police 5 people survived the crash. Everyone else died. Its not clear why the plane crashed. Santa cruz, bolivia to medellin where the team was set to play in the Copa Sudamericana final. The south American Soccer Federation has
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