TN - Gatlinburg/Smoky Mountains wildfire, 14 confirmed dead, 23 Nov 2016 *Arrests/Charges Dropped**

[neesaki]

I totally missed this: Arson charges dropped against teens in Gatlinburg wildfire case

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...rson-charges-dropped-against-teens/443129001/

 

[Tulessa]

I totally missed this: Arson charges dropped against teens in Gatlinburg wildfire case

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...rson-charges-dropped-against-teens/443129001/

Wow!! :thud:

 

[watcher9]

Dolly Parton Distributes First Tennessee Wildfire Relief Funds. Victims of the Tennessee wildfires have received their first payments from the $9.3 million relief fund set up by Dolly Parton.

The country legend set up the Dollywood Foundation My People Fund in the wake of Sevier County, Tennessee, the area in which she grew up, being devastated last month by fires which also threatened her Dollywood theme park.

Dolly Parton Distributes First Tennessee Wildfire Relief Funds - VVN Music

Update.
FBI Knoxville honors Dolly Parton and Dollywood Foundation for wildfire recovery work

 

[JerseyGirl]

Great Smoky Mountains wildfire lawsuits could move to trial with latest ruling

U.S. park officials have failed to show enough was done to keep the public updated as a deadly wildfire spread from Great Smoky Mountains National Park in 2016, a judge ruled.

The decision Tuesday by U.S. District Judge Ronnie Greer in Knoxville keeps lawsuits by survivors of the blaze on track for a potential trial, though the U.S. Justice Department can still appeal.

Greer denied the government’s motion to dismiss the case, writing that officials didn’t provide sufficient evidence to show they met the notification obligations under their own fire management plan. The fire killed 14 people and caused an estimated $2 billion in losses, including about 2,500 buildings that were damaged or destroyed.