The fire started on November 23 in Chimney Tops area of the national park close to the Tennessee-North Carolina border, after a week on November 28 the fire had spread all the way to Gatlinburg, going up into flames. The fire department told everyone to evacuate. 14 people have been found dead, 175 injured, and over 2,400 buildings were burned to the ground, but many people believe that it was man-made. Currently Mayor Larry Waters estimates the damages to be more than $500 million and the federal government says that nearly 20,000 acres of land have been scorched. Two Tennessee children are sitting in Juvy waiting for the answer if they are guilty or not-guilty and if they are guilty they can get up to 60 years in prison. If more serious charges ended up being dropped they could go for first-degree murder. But right the officials keep saying that "its complicated."

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