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65 County burning more than 200 acres. The article also states, “That area monitored by the state has the second‐highest number of wildfires still active with eight, according to the data, while year‐to‐date numbers show 218 fires in East Tennessee are the work of arsonists, charring more than 18,000 acres.” As reported by firefighternation.com (https://www.firefight ernation.com/leadership/forest‐ fire‐destroys‐2‐200‐acres‐in‐tennessee/#gref), on November 12, 2012, “A forest fire in McMinn County has destroyed about 2,200 acres west of Rogersville and is still burning. Meanwhile, the fire has uncovered what appears to be a dogfighting and cockfighting operation.” No additional wildfires were found when research occurred for news outlets. Many fires occur in grassland areas such as yards and pastures. Below is the Wildland Urban Interface for McMinn County. McMinn County ha s a mixture of every type of terrain from no vegetation to grassland to mountain terrain. 146