TN Fires

There are still a lot of fires burning around here and new ones starting up every few days it seems. Haze has lifted some but it all depends on how the wind blows and how close you are to one. We still have active air quality alerts here too.

Just came up I-75 from Florida to Detroit. Traveled from Calhoun, GA to Franklin, OH on Wednesday. A little haze noticeable here and there south of Knoxville but some of it could have even been left over morning fog. Nothing to worry about.

There is some sort of fire at the top of Jellico...... at least there was last weekend when I was heading down to Anchor Down. Knoxville was ok, Seveirville, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg weren't bad until Sunday afternoon when the smoke came over the mountains and it got nasty real quick.

The past week or so has been haze of smoke hanging in the air. I know of no problems on the route but we have a strict burning ban in effect. Don't be throwing any cigarette butts out the window.

Here an Air Quality Index (AQI) map for The Knoxville area.

This is a map showing locations of significant fires. There are smaller brush fires all over the state. You will see lots of smoke and an air quality warning. If you or anyone with you has respiratory issues, move on through as quickly as possible.

Fire map

shouldnt be any issues on i75 since everything is south and east of knoxville. The entire region is code orange air quality alert though

Wind is currently blowing all of the smoke toward the SC coast so you should have clear driving down. But the winds will be changing late Thursday so be prepared for heavy smoke in the area starting Friday.

There are signficant burn bans in the area so check before having any sort of fire including cooking fires.