Gatlinburg Fire: Death Toll And Victims For Tennessee Fires Update, Cause Under Investigation As Park Requests Hikers’ Help
The latest Gatlinburg fire death toll has risen as National Guard and emergency personnel continued to search through damaged areas in Tennessee. The fire was said to have started this past Monday night as wildfire embers from Chimney Tops Trail in the Great Smoky Mountain National Park started to blow into the area. From there, flames increased and swept through the Gatlinburg area causing widespread damage and a number of deaths. The cause of the fire is still under investigation as of this report, but officials have said the fire appears to have been man-made.
According to a Knoxville News Sentinel report from Friday, the Gatlinburg wildfire death toll is now at 13 deaths after it was reported that an individual had died of a heart attack while trying to escape the fire. Officials had indicated that they hoped to have searched through about 90 percent of the areas affected by the Tennessee fires as of Friday evening. There were still individuals being reported as missing by friends and family as of then.
Among the deceased individuals named via USA Today in their report are 70-year-old Alice Hagler of Gatlinburg, 75-year-old Mary Vance, Jon and Janet Summers from Memphis, as well as John and Janet Tegler who were visiting the area from Canada. As of Saturday, the Knoxville News Sentinel reported that a missing mother, Constance Reed, was also among those confirmed dead. Reed’s two daughters, Chloe, age 12, and Lily, age 9, were still said to be among those missing.
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