01-12-2016 01:06 via alaskapublic.org

Alaska fire crews battling blazes in Southeast U.S.

A burned-out car sits on the side of a road near Gatlinburg, Tenn. (Video screenshot from the Tennessee Department of Transportation)Dozens of Alaska firefighters are battling blazes in the Lower 48, including deadly Tennessee fires that have destroyed or damaged hundreds of buildings.
Fire crews from around the United States are working to extinguish more than a dozen blazes around Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, which have left seven people dead, as of noon Wednesday, .
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