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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Victims of deadly 2016 Tennessee fire will have another chance to pursue lawsuits

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Victims of a deadly 2016 wildfire that began in Great Smoky Mountains National Park before it burned through a Tennessee tourist town will have another chance to seek compensation from the federal government.

Several lawsuits claim park employees failed to warn the city of Gatlinburg and its residents of the danger until it was too late. A federal judge last year dismissed the lawsuits, ruling that the plaintiffs were not specific enough in pre-lawsuit claims about what they were alleging.

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