Video interview with Leslie Ackerson, reporter for WBIR in Knoxville, conducted by Casey Kaufman. Ackerson describes being the only reporter sent to cover the voluntary evacuations in Gatlinburg. While on location for interviews about the disaster, the wildfires reached Gatlinburg and Ackerson shifted her coverage to the destruction that was unfolding. She also recounts the follow-up stories during the months and years after the fires.

Video interview with Russell Biven of WBIR news station in Knoxville, conducted by Margie Nichols. Biven recounts being a reporter on the front line during the wildfires' aftermath. He discusses the stories that left a lasting impression on him personally during that time. He also talks on the difficulties in covering a disaster when it is so close to home.

Video interview with Tim Dale, a photojournalist for WBIR in Knoxville, conducted by Margie Nichols. Dale talks about being in Gatlinburg on the day of the fire to initially cover the smoke and then being reassigned to the fire itself. He discusses that night in Gatlinburg filming the fire and covering the following day at Rocky Top Sports World.