Source: ASHEVILLE CITIZEN-TIMES, 12/12/16

For weeks, wildfires have spread throughout southeastern Appalachia, destroying more than 76,000 acres of land in Western North Carolina, and tragically taking the lives of 14 of our neighbors in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The heroic and tireless work of first responders, coupled with the deliverance of rainfall…

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