Pigeon Forge, TN — A house fire that broke out near the Great Smoky Mountains National Park continues to burn, damaging over 30 additional structures throughout Monday and leading the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency to declare a state of
Over 300 acres of woodland in Sevier Co. has been reduced to ashes and more than 80 buildings have been damaged from a massive fire in Pigeon Forge that began on Sunday afternoon.
More than 30 cabins and turning propane tanks into shrapnel.
The fire sparked at about 4:00 p.m. on Sunday and at one time burned across 135 acres. Pigeon Forge Fire Department called the fire contained, but not controlled. Crews reduced the blaze to half it's size Monday morning. Sevier County Communications
A fiery scene made for the movies becomes reality in Pigeon Forge. "It was unlike anything you've ever seen before in your life. You had fire in those three-story cabins just going from top to bottom," said Tony Watson, chief of the Pigeon Forge Fire
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