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To escape of gatlanburg, tennessee. smoke choked roads, fleeing intense flames, looking and spreading like molten lava. residents thankful to make it out of their homes alive. >> they let me go back to get my animals out, to get them safely. we're all safe now and my son. so we're fine. >> reporter: terrified guests trapped inside, the fire too close and too dangerous for them to leave. these pictures taken by an employee of the hotel showing the fire burning right outside. local officials say 30 structures devoured by the flames including an apartment complex. more than 500 acres burning in t...

Doing what they do. nbc meteorologist bill karins joins me now. bill, in a lot of ways, this would seem like the perfect storm. these heavy winds, a drought down south like we haven't seen in these parts in some time as well. >> exactly. we deal with the west for so many years and this moved into the south. we had a lot of fires over the last month. this is the fire map as of yesterday here in the mountains of north carolina and a couple in tennessee. what happened is the chimney fire, winds up to 50 or 70 miles per hour. the embers went down towards the gatlinburg area and a lot of leaf falle...

Like and the rain we got a half inch, barely denlt lly dented t. >> how can it be? >> it was so dry that just a half inch, you know, these fires get so hot that they evaporate a lot of water. a temperature gauge read 118 degrees in downtown gatlinburg with the peak of the fire. you can imagine a half inch of rain, dump on the fireplace at your house. it doesn't do much. they'll get another dose, hopefully that will be heavier. >> bill karins keeping a close eye on what's happening down in tennessee. we'll check back in with you, of course, a little bit later. thank you, bill. >> new developmen...

Navigate to a truck. trapped inside, an 80-year-old man and his dog. they pulled both out of the truck and helped them get to safety. really unbelievable when you see how close that truck was to being all the way under the water. more rain ahead tonight. city leaders held a press conference and asking residents stay heavy. >> mainly we're anticipating hazardous driving conditions for the evening and making sure to ask everybody to be careful. if you don't have to be out, don't go out. but if you are out and driving around, be aware that there will be high water conditions almost certainly. >> ...