Mountain strong: One month after historic fire, Gatlinburg rebuilding
December 29, 2016 at 1:00 a.m.
| Updated December 29, 2016 at 7:35 p.m.
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The Knoxville News Sentinel
Destroyed structures are pictured along Cherokee Orchard Road on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2016, in Gatlinburg. The wildfires killed 12 people. One more died of a heart attack and another in a vehicle accident fleeing the blaze. A total of 191 were treated for injuries suffered. More than 2,460 structures were damaged or destroyed. (Paul Efird/Knoxville News Sentinel)
GATLINBURG, Tenn. - A month after a devastating fire roared through his county, Larry Waters still has had little time to reflect on it all.
"Never in my wildest dreams, I never imagined having to deal with a disaster of this magnitude," said the Sevier County mayor.
Gatlinburg resident Ernest Ogle, 74, put the night of Nov. 28 more succinctly: "It was terrible."
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