UPDATE: CARTA says they are still working to get the Incline Railway up and running after the Lookout Mountain wildfire in early December.
“Right now, the team is cutting up the damaged cable into lengths that are easier to recycle. This is difficult and challenging work,” explained CARTA.
National Parks Service investigators believe the 10-acre wildfire was caused by the thawing of large rocks up the mountain, causing a rockslide with large amounts of friction that sparked.
Several businesses in St. Elmo were impacted, as well as several homes evacuated while crews worked to get the fire under control.
PREVIOUS STORY: The National Parks Service (NPS) says investigators have found the likely cause of the wildfire on Lookout Mountain over the weekend.
An NPS investigator determined the fire started in the Lookout Mountain Battlefield at around 5:30am on Saturday.
The likely cause is believed to be a large rockslide that sent boulders tumbling …