Fire In Carport Displaces 4 People Thursday Evening

  • Thursday, February 4, 2016
Chattanooga firefighters responded to a fire next to a duplex in East Lake Thursday evening.

The Chattanooga Fire Department received the alarm at 8:38 p.m. and responded with four fire companies to 1732 S. Seminole Drive. Captain Brandon Schroyer with Engine 9 said flames were up to 30 feet high when the first firefighters arrived on the scene. 

The fire involved a car parked in an enclosed carport, located next to a duplex.
Captain Schroyer said the car and carport were destroyed by the fire, and the flames were beginning to get into the attic of the duplex.
 
The firefighters fought the fire aggressively, saving both sides of the livable space in the duplex from fire damage. However, the fire did cause damage to the attic and some of the wiring, so an EPB technician had to pull both meters as a precaution.
 
As a result, two people in each duplex will have to stay somewhere else Thursday night.
 
Volunteers with the American Red Cross of Southeast Tennessee were called in to provide assistance to the fire victims. No injuries were reported.

The cause of the fire is undetermined at this time. An estimate on the loss was not available.
 
Chattanooga police and Hamilton County EMS also provided assistance on the scene.
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