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Car fire spreads into Chattanooga business leaving one person with burns: At 2:24 AM on 12/15/24, the Chattanooga Fire Department was dispatched to a car fire at 830 Eastgate Loop. Upon arrival on scene, Ladder 13’s crew located a fully engulfed car located under the drive-thru awning of the EPB payment building. L13 immediately upgraded the call to a commercial fire as flames were spreading into the structure. A full response was dispatched and arrived on scene to assist with extinguishing the fire.
Chattanooga, Tenn. (December 13, 2024) - We share with a heavy heart and deep sorrow for our entire community having learned of the passing of district 6 Councilwoman, Dr. Carol Berz who died unexpectedly of natural causes Wednesday.
We have an update on the apartment fire on Frazier Avenue that resulted in seven rescues. The fire appears to be accidental and electrical in nature, according to CFD investigators. It’s believed to have been started by an electric vehicle in the parking garage. This is our first large-scale incident related to an electric vehicle. Two other vehicles next to the EV burned and most of the cars in the garage had heat damage. That’s in addition to the smoke damage in the businesses and apartments above the parking garage.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Chattanooga Police Department is partnering with
the Tennessee Highway Safety Office (THSO) for the Booze It and Lose It
campaign to increase impaired-driving enforcement from December 13, 2024,
to January 1, 2025. The THSO’s statewide Booze It and Lose It campaign is
part of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s Drive Sober or
Get Pulled Over mobilization to reduce impaired-driving crashes nationwide
during the holiday season.
Firefighters battled a two-alarm commercial fire in Downtown Chattanooga for several hours Tuesday morning, working to keep flames from spreading to other nearby buildings. Red Shift companies were dispatched to Huff Place off E 23rd Street at 1:10 AM on 12/10/24 after 911 received reports about a burning building. Engine 5 arrived on the scene and found heavy smoke billowing out of a grocery store. They launched an interior attack and primary search and no one was found inside. Additional crews joined in the offensive operation, but the fire progressed very quickly.
State, local and federal agencies worked to tackle a brush fire on the side of Lookout Mountain. At 6:46 AM on 12/7/24, Chattanooga Fire companies were dispatched to the 700 block of S Scenic Highway after 911 received several calls about a fire in the woods. Access to the area that’s been burning has been challenging for firefighters so brush trucks and UTVs were used by emergency personnel. The US Forest Service, Tennessee Forestry, CFD, Lookout Mountain FD, CPD and HCEMS have all been on the call throughout the day.
The cause of an overnight house fire is under investigation in Chattanooga. At 1:19 AM on 12/7/24, Green Shift companies were dispatched to a home in the 2000 block of N Concord Road. Firefighters found fire in the back corner of the residence and launched a swift attack. They removed one party from the structure and the patient was transported to the hospital. Crews continued working to extinguish the fire.
Chattanooga Fire worked a fire at a vacant, condemned residential structure early Monday morning. Downtown companies were dispatched to the 2100 block of South Holly Street off E 23rd Street at 6:29 AM on 12/2/24 after 911 received reports of smoke and flames coming from the structure. Firefighters had the fire under control by 7:05 AM. The cause of the fire is under investigation. There were no injuries.
Multiple people were rescued from their apartment building in Chattanooga’s North Shore overnight. At 1:32 AM on 11/22/24, Red Shift companies were dispatched to 417 Frazier Avenue. Engine 12 saw smoke as they headed to the scene and went to the back of the structure where heavy smoke and flames were coming from the parking garage. Several vehicles were on fire and the smoke from the blaze was filling the entire building. As they pulled handlines, forced entry into the garage and started fire attack, other responding fire companies were in search and rescue mode.