dare-to-fly Posted March 17, 2013 Share Posted March 17, 2013 Apparently what appears to be the train started a 10-acre brush fire starting at the top of the train loop at Dollywood. It appears to be contained with no threat to structures, and it looks like it won't effect the opening for season passholders or gp this Fri/Sat. . http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/mar/16/emergency-crews-battle-brush-fire-at-dollywood/ I leave the park for three days and they try to set the place on fire. I know I left Dollywood, but that doesn't mean I want the park destroyed either...just one manager 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creed Bratton Posted March 18, 2013 Share Posted March 18, 2013 (edited) www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/mar/17/firefighters-battle-wildfires-at-sevier-county/Not sure if it was caused by the fire at Dollywood or not. Edit: http://www.wate.com/story/21664777/fire-crews-battle-brush-fire-in-pigeon-forge answered here...it was not caused by the Dollywood fire. Edited March 18, 2013 by chugh43 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dare-to-fly Posted March 18, 2013 Author Share Posted March 18, 2013 You are correct. There is a much larger fire today, but it was not caused by the Dollywood fire. In fact, it's quite a bit farther on the opposite side of the parkway from the park. It's big enough though, that we can see the glow of the flames from our apartment well northeast of the area. Sad! Here's a link for the latest update for today. http://www.wate.com/story/21664777/fire-crews-battle-brush-fire-in-pigeon-forge Again - not related to the Dollywood fire - just so everyone knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leland Wykoff Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Interesting article exploring the risks brought on by failure of Pigeon Forge Planning Department to adequately regulate cabin style developments, examples of which can be seen adjacent to, and above, Dollywood: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/mar/19/sevier-county-regulations-bounty-of-cabins-long/ For an interesting video and photos of Dollywood cabin options see: http://www.dollywood.com/PigeonForge/cabin-rentals.aspx They might want to consider removing the burning log and spa candle images from the promotions. Or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dare-to-fly Posted March 26, 2013 Author Share Posted March 26, 2013 Might not be a bad idea. At least Dollywood's cabins were not affected. The fire was on the other side of the parkway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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