Parts of Appalachian Trail closed due to rapidly spreading wildfire
Rapidly spreading wildfire has closed parts of the Appalachian trail and prompted warnings for Interstate 40 drivers. Read more below.
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Rapidly spreading wildfire has closed parts of the Appalachian trail and prompted warnings for Interstate 40 drivers. Read more below.
The fire began around 9 a.m. Thursday in Haywood County on I-40 at mile marker 3 near the tunnel after a tractor-trailer overturned in the westbound lanes near the Tennessee border.
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Wildfires in Virginia and North Carolina have shut down portions of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Appalachian Trail, according to officials. A Friday release by the Forest Service in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest and the National Interagency Fire Center’s Southern Area Incident Management Red Team announced a closure of the Blue…