Advertisement Continue reading the main storyMs. Parton is a native of Sevier County, Tenn., where Gatlinburg and nearby Pigeon Forge are. Seven people were killed and up to 45 people were injured, the Tennessee Department of Health said, according to an emergency management statement on Thursday. Pigeon Forge, home to Dolly Parton’s Dollywood theme park, is among the primary tourist destinations in the region. The two Red Cross shelters that opened in Sevier County have 219 occupants on Thursday, the emergency management statement said. As of Wednesday, the fires in Gatlinburg had been extinguished, but there were still smoldering patches, the statement said.

Source: New York Times December 01, 2016 17:10 UTC