Wildfires are common in America's arid West, but not in the humid Great Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Now 14,000 people have been evacuated from the resort town of Gatlinburg. Matt Shafer Powell is Director of News Content at WUOT, public radio for Knoxville, 35 miles away.
Tennessee wildfire devastates local economy
Credits
Guest:
Matt Shafer Powell - WUOT -
@MShaferPowell
Host:
Warren Olney
Producers:
Sáša Woodruff,
Paul von Zielbauer,
Katie Cooper