(TNS) – Water pollution and mudslides could be the next major problems facing Gatlinburg three and a half months after a deadly firestorm swept through the city, according to two experts who spoke during the emotional public forum portion of a City Commission meeting Tuesday evening.

Gatlinburg residents who suffered losses in the Nov. 28 fire that killed 14 people and destroyed more than 2,000 structures filled the small City Hall meeting room and streamed out into the hallway.

Resident after resident stood before Gatlinburg Mayor Mike Werner, Vice Mayor Mark McCown, Commissioner Don Smith and City Manager Cindy Ogle and leveled questions about authorities’ failure to evacuate the tourist town and the city’s plan to avoid another tragedy in the future.

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