这场被怀疑是人为的、被广称为"烟囱顶部"(Chimney Top
2)的森林大火,迄今已造成至少14人丧命、134人受伤及1750栋房屋的毁损。图为此次森林大火的受害者。
美联社全美自2013年来死伤最惨重的的一次森林火灾调查,案情在7日有了重大突破。田纳西州调查局在调查大火后于7日宣布,分析火灾的起因是人为纵火,已经逮捕两名纵火嫌犯,并控以加重纵火罪(Aggravated
Arson)的罪名。
据华盛顿邮报报导,这场被怀疑是人为的、被广称为"烟囱顶部"(Chimney Top
2)的森林大火,起初于11月23日左右窜起于田纳西州东部的大雁山国家公园(Great Smoky
Mountains),之后又迅速的蔓延到盖特林堡市(Gatlinburg)和鸽子谷市(Pigeon Forge)一带。
这场森林大火它迄今已造成至少14人丧命、134人受伤及1750栋房屋的毁损,是全美自2013年亚利桑纳那州普雷斯科特市(Prescott)大火以来,死亡人数最多的一次森林火灾。
A wildfire burns on a hillside after a mandatory evacuation was
ordered in Gatlinburg, Tennessee, in a picture released November
30, 2016.
Troopers from the Tennessee Highway Patrol help residents leave an
area under threat of wildfire after a mandatory evacuation was
ordered in Gatlinburg, Tennessee on November 30, 2016.
Firefighters stand by a destroyed home after a wildfire forced the
mandatory evacuation of Gatlinburg, Tennessee on November 30,
2016.
Motorists stop to view wildfires in the Great Smoky Mountains near
Gatlinburg on November 28, 2016.
Smoke surrounds a home as seen from aboard a National Guard
helicopter near Gatlinburg on November 29, 2016.
Smoke plumes from wildfires in the Great Smoky Mountains near
Gatlinburg on November 28, 2016.
Burned structures are seen from aboard a National Guard helicopter
near Gatlinburg on November 29, 2016.
People survey a destroyed building as it sits among burned trees on
November 29, 2016, near Gatlinburg.
Burned structures are seen from a National Guard helicopter near
Gatlinburg on November 29, 2016.
Burned structures near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, on November 29,
2016.
Foundations and supports are all that is left of burned structures
near Gatlinburg, after a fire swept through the day before, on
November 29, 2016.
A fire still burns in the chimney of a destroyed home near
Gatlinburg on November 29, 2016.
Destroyed homes sit among burned trees on November 29, 2016, near
Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
A scorched vehicle sits next to a burned-out building in Gatlinburg
on November 29, 2016.
A utility pole is left damaged as fires smolder nearby after a
wildfire in Gatlinburg on November 29, 2016.
The remains of a Jeep rental business smolder after a wildfire on
November 29, 2016, in Gatlinburg.
Trevor Cates walks through the smoldering remains of the fellowship
hall of his church, the Banner Missionary Baptist Church as he
inspects damage after a wildfire on November 29, 2016, in
Gatlinburg.
The remains of a business, after a wildfire passed through on
November 29, 2016, in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
A burned out building smolders in Gatlinburg on November 29,
2016.
The remains of a home and cars, after a wildfire on November 29,
2016, in Gatlinburg.
Smoke from wildfires blankets the mountains near Gatlinburg on
November 29, 2016.
Resident Mark Rowlett finds a high vantage point to survey the
damage to structures and woodlands as smoke fills the air and
surrounds businesses and resorts in the wake of a wildfire in
downtown Gatlinburg, Tennessee, on November 30, 2016.