Fantastic work by Chattanooga firefighters as they quickly and adeptly
mitigated a dangerous situation at a downtown hotel Wednesday night. At
7:41 PM on 7/23/25, Blue Shift companies responded to 100 West 21st Street
on a commercial fire. There was a fire in the basement of the hotel with
people trapped inside the elevator above the fire. The people inside the
elevator reported to 911 that the elevator was quickly filling with smoke.
Firefighters arrived on scene, pried the elevator doors open with Hurst
tools and pulled two trapped people up and out of the elevator. They were
evaluated by Hamilton County EMS for smoke inhalation, but they were not
transported to the hospital. Meanwhile, CFD personnel were still hard at
work inside the hotel. They had the two-alarm fire out in the basement by
7:54 PM and crews were also going floor to floor evacuating other guests
from the smoke-filled structure. Crews remained on scene for some time
removing smoke from the building. There were no injuries. Thanks to our
mutual aid partners for filling in at our fire stations while the CFD
worked this incident. Officials on the scene say the fire was caused by an
electrical malfunction.
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