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12-19-19 Woman & Great Dane rescued from house fire
CFD pulled a woman and her dog out of a burning home in East Brainerd Thursday night.
It happened around 8:20 PM in the 1400 block of Mari Jon Drive.
Quint 21 was first on the scene and spotted smoke in the windows.
Crews made entry into the home and no flames were visible.
They could hear the resident yelling from a back bedroom, but firefighters had to navigate through thick, black smoke to get to her.
They located the woman and carried her and her pet, a Great Dane, outside to safety and then extinguished the fire in the central part of the house.
The victim was transported to the hospital with smoke inhalation.
McKamey Animal Center is caring for her dog.
The cause of the fire is under investigation. Multiple CFD units were on scene, along with CPD and HCEMS.
The resident indicated that someone else was possibly trapped inside the house, but firefighters conducted several searches and no one else was found. Officials believe the resident was referring to her dog and asking first responders to make sure her pet was safe.
The home sustained extensive smoke damage as well as damage from the fire. Crews on scene were told that the woman had just moved in.
12-16-19 House fire believed to be caused by lightning
It appears storms were responsible for a fire at a home on Plaza Drive in Hixson Monday night.
CFD was called to a house in the 1100 block around 10 PM.
A couple was home at the time and it’s believed lightning struck a back corner gutter.
When they went outside to walk their dog, they saw smoke and called 911. CFD responded and extinguished the flames in the eaves of the home. The fire was contained to the roof line and did not get inside the attic of the residence.
There were no injuries. Fire officials stated that the homeowners were thankful for the quick work of crews on the scene.
12-16-19 Car strikes store, one sent to hospital
A woman was taken to the hospital after diving out of the way of an SUV that jumped the curb at a Chattanooga shopping center.
CFD was called to the Five Below on Hamilton Place Boulevard at 2:15 PM Monday.
The driver of a white SUV said she wasn’t sure what happened, but her vehicle went up onto the curb and struck the front of the store.
A shopper walking by saw what was happening and leapt out of the way, suffering minor injuries to her knee and her hand. She was transported to the hospital.
There’s doesn’t appear to be any structural damage to the store, according to responding fire officials. A Chattanooga building inspector was called out to the scene.
The white SUV was left with front end damage and there was some cosmetic damage to the front of Five Below.
Crews also cleaned up a slight fluid leak on the sidewalk.
12-14-19 House fire on Dodds Avenue
We were called to a house fire at 2800 Dodds Avenue at 1:30 PM Saturday thanks to passersby who called 911.
CFD found a small fire in a bedroom and the first units on the scene extinguished it.
Firefighters conducted two thorough searches of the structure and found that no one was home at the time of the blaze.
There were no injuries. The cause is under investigation.
There was moderate damage to the single family house.
12-13-19 Crews work morning blaze at duplex
No one was injured in a fire Friday morning on Fagan Street.
CFD was called to a duplex in the 4500 block around 5:20 AM.
Initial reports were that there was possible entrapment in one of the units.
Firefighters tackled the bedroom blaze and did two thorough searches of the structure, but no one was found.
Residents on the other side of the duplex got out safely.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
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