Chicken Coop Lamp Causes Parker Lane Fire

Several Green Shift companies responded to the 3300 block of Parker Lane on a reported residential structure fire that could be seen from I-24. The call came in at 4 AM Monday. Crews arrived on the scene to find a detached garage on fire. They quickly extinguished the flames. The cause of the fire was determined to be a heat lamp in a chicken coop on the outside of the garage. A number of chickens perished. Quint 1, Squad 1, Ladder 1, Squad 20, Quint 3 and Battalion 1 were on the scene.

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