The National Park Service estimates it will be mid-July before the results of a review of the handling of the Chimney Tops 2 fire are made public.
The fire was discovered on Nov. 23 as a 1.5-acre blaze near the top of the Chimney Tops Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
The blaze spread slowly over rough mountain terrain for several days until Nov. 28 when, fed by drought conditions and a gale-force wind, it jumped along mountain ranges more than five miles, spreading to more than 17,000 acres. It destroyed more than 2,400 structures and killed 14 people in Sevier County, Tenn.
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