Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Fox Point family loses everything in Pigeon Forge fire

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Fox Point family loses everything in Pigeon Forge fire

Flames shot from a hillside in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, and an orange glow lit up the sky and smoke clouded the area, as a wildfire tore through dozens of cabins at a alternative. “It was a huge, huge blaze,” Mark Kehrmann said. Kehrmann saw the fire as he

(CNN) — Heavy rains helped firefighters contain a wildfire that hurt dozens of mountain homes outside the Tennessee alternative town of Pigeon Forge. The downpour allowed authorities to pull most of the teams off the fire

Over 300 acres of woodland in Sevier Co. has been reduced to ashes and more than 80 buildings have been hurt from a massive fire in Pigeon Forge that started on Sunday afternoon.

"We were experiencing the absolute worst firefighting conditions known to mankind up there," Pigeon Forge Fire Chief Tony Watson said. The fire broke out in the Wears Valley area near Pigeon Forge. (Source: Google). A helicopter brings in water to dump

About 20 fire departments have been fighting the fire, authorities said. "Propane tanks have been exploding," Pigeon Forge Fire Chief Tony Watson said Sunday. "It's been real perilous." Now at 230 acres, the blaze started as a house fire, according to

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