GATLINBURG, Tenn. (WVLT)— Park officials said a fire in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park that prompted the closure of some campsites, trails and a road was started by a lightning strike.

Their son-in-law Dave Lapointe told The Canadian Press that the couple was at their vacation home in the Smoky Mountains to celebrate the U.S. Thanksgiving long weekend. After the wildfire broke ...

Here’s what visitors should be prepared for as the National Park Service burns 1,400 acres of Cades Cove - and why the park does that.