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GATLINBURG, Tenn. — A video showing a man’s daring escape down a mountain during the Gatlinburg wildfires is going viral.
Michael Luciano’s video got more than 6.5 million views in less than one day. He posted it Monday night around 11 p.m.
According to WBIR, Luciano lives in Chalet Village off Ski Mountain Road, and told the television station he’s pretty sure his home was destroyed in the ongoing wildfires. He also said he’s worried that people were trapped in their homes and may have died.
Gatlinburg’s mayor announced Tuesday that at least three people had died in the fires.
Luciano took the video while his business partner drove down the mountain, along his Luciano’s dog Red, WBIR reports. They all made it out safely despite the thick smoke, falling debris and flames on both sides of the roadway.
“Please Lord, let us get off this mountain,” Luciano said in the video.
You can see Luciano’s full journey down the mountain documented on his Facebook page here.
