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A Chattanooga child and her father are safe after flames swept through their home early Friday morning. At 5:41 AM on 4/5/24, CFD Blue Shift companies responded to the 1300 block of Citico Avenue at its intersection with North Holtzclaw Avenue for a residential structure fire with possible entrapment. A second alarm was called to bring additional CFD personnel to the scene. Firefighters made a coordinated fire attack with search efforts and did not locate anyone inside the apartment.
CFD Special Operations provided mutual aid assistance with a hazmat incident in Meigs County on Monday morning. Local agencies responded to Storm Power Components (240 Industrial Drive) in Decatur on 4/1/24 where a 55-gallon drum with copper and aluminum dust had started to swell. A chemical reaction caused the barrel to heat up. The drum was sealed so pressure built up and it started to expand, releasing hydrogen gas into the plant. Firefighters relieved further pressure and removed the drum from the building.
An overnight fire displaced six adults and one child in Chattanooga. At 2:28 AM on 3/30/24, Green Shift companies responded to the 4200 block of 10th Avenue for a fire alarm. Engine 9 arrived and found light smoke coming out of the eaves. The homeowner thought her brother may still be inside. E9 did a quick search and didn’t locate anyone in the residence. Crews found the fire in a stairwell wall going to the upstairs. The fire was extinguished and the area was checked for fire extension. An investigator responded to the scene. EPB pulled the power to the structure.
The cause of a Hixson house fire is under investigation after an aggressive attack by Chattanooga firefighters. Just before 6 PM on 3/29/24, Hamilton County 911 began receiving multiple calls from neighbors of flames coming from a home in the 900 block of Brynewood Park Drive. First arriving units reported fire through the roof and launched an interior attack. Crews soon learned from the homeowner that no one was inside the structure.
A woman sustained life-threatening injuries in a house fire on North Moore Road Thursday afternoon and was rescued by Chattanooga firefighters. Hamilton County 911 received a call at 12:18 PM on 3/28/24 from someone cutting grass in the 1000 block of North Moore Road across from Brainerd High School. The reporting party could smell smoke and rushed to a nearby home, spotting flames inside. Firefighters arrived on scene and quickly learned that there was possible entrapment. They searched the home as they attacked the fire and removed one victim and one dog from the structure.
In windy conditions, Chattanooga firefighters successfully stopped flames from spreading through newly built townhomes Monday night. At 10:57 PM on 3/25/24, Red Shift companies responded to 1629 Adams Street and found smoke coming from the roof of a three-story townhouse. Fire was located on the third floor of the structure. A swift interior attack was made and crews had the fire under control in 15 minutes. It was contained to the second and third floor of the townhome. There were no injuries and the cause of the fire is under investigation.