03-12-2016 18:55 via krqe.com

Dazed Tennessee residents get first look at wildfire rubble

GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — Charlotte Moore needed a phone charger.
“I’ll just get it at home,” she shrugged.
Then she remembered that her home was gone.
The realization came as she made the familiar drive up to the top of Laurel Mountain in the Roaring Fork neighborhood of Gatlinburg on Friday, where what lay ahead was anything but familiar. On the first day officials let property owners return to assess the damage from the wildfire that devastated their homes, the eastern
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