3/11/2008

Fire destroyed a home this morning in the Spring Valley Subdivision off Mountain Creek Road.  One of the residents in the home told firefighters that they were watching TV when it suddenly went off.  When they went into the garage to check the breaker box, they noticed a lot of smoke in the air, so they called 911 and got out of the house.

The Chattanooga Fire Department received the alarm at 7:31 a.m. and responded with four fire companies.  Captain Danny Hague said the house was "well involved" in flames when the first firefighters arrived on the scene.  The firefighters attempted an interior attack on the fire, but the damage had already been done.  The house is considered a total loss.  No injuries were reported.

At the time of this release, the cause of the fire was still being determined, and an estimate on the dollar loss was unavailable.

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