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Blue Shift companies worked their second house fire of the night in frigid conditions. At 2:30 AM on 1/17/24, firefighters responded to a home in the 3900 block of Graceland Trail and found heavy fire coming from the structure. All parties were out of the residence. Crews made an interior attack and conducted searches. It appears that the fire started in the basement and moved up to the second floor. When the floors became spongy, defensive operations were launched for safety reasons. CFD personnel remained on the scene several hours later, working to extinguish the fire in different spots. There were no injuries. Several residents were displaced by the fire. Engine 15, Quint 6, Squad 13, Ladder 13, Quint 8, Battalion 1, and Battalion 2 responded, along with CPD and Hamilton County EMS. Hours earlier, firefighters tackled a house fire in the 4100 block of Bonny Oaks Drive.

Update on 1/17/24 at 12:30 PM: The Chattanooga Fire Department has cleared the scene on Graceland Trail after more than nine hours. The home was structurally unsound due to fire damage and the floors were too compromised for firefighters to get inside and fully extinguish the fire. Public Works brought machinery to the scene and tore down the burned duplex due to unsafe conditions. Then crews were able to get the fire out. Several firefighters suffered minor injuries from falling on the icy driveway. Public Works responded with a salt and sand truck to treat the driveway and roadway in order to improve conditions for firefighters operating on the scene. Heaters were brought out for firefighters to keep warm and also to thaw frozen nozzles and hoses. Crews were rotated in and out of their trucks to get warm. Multiple agencies assisted the CFD, including city building inspectors, the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Air Pollution Control Bureau, CPD, Chattanooga-Hamilton County Rescue’s rehab truck, CFD investigators, CFD Supply, and Tennessee American Water to aid with water supply. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Two people were displaced by an electrical fire late Tuesday night in Chattanooga. At 10:50 PM on 1/16/24, Blue Shift companies responded to a reported residential fire in the 4100 block of Bonny Oaks Drive, at the corner of Bonny Oaks and Churchill Road. The residents reported smelling something burning inside their home and firefighters found fire in the front corner of the residence. They made an interior and exterior attack, but they couldn’t fully extinguish the fire until EPB arrived and pulled power to the structure. Every time crews tried to check for extension, wires arced. Once those obstacles were mitigated, the fire was extinguished. It was determined to be electrical in nature, according to officials on the scene. There were no injuries and the Red Cross will be assisting two adults who safely escaped the fire. Engine 4, Engine 15, Quint 6, Ladder 7, Squad 7, Battalion 1, and Battalion 2 responded, along with CPD and EPB.

A huge tree fell on this Hixson home late Tuesday night. The tree crashed into a bedroom, causing extensive damage to the structure at 11:57 PM on 1/9/24. This was in the 5400 block of Towne Hills Lane. Ladder 19 and the Battalion Chief for District 3 Red Shift responded. Several occupants were inside the residence at the time of the incident, but thankfully, they were not injured.

A condemned Hixson house was destroyed by fire early Monday morning. At 3 AM on 1/8/24, Blue Shift companies responded to the 4700 block of Metro Park Lane after multiple witnesses called 911 to report that they saw flames coming from the duplex. Once on the scene, crews found a fully involved working structure fire and launched defensive operations to extinguish the blaze. No one was inside and there were no injuries. The cause of the fire is under investigation. Squad 19, Ladder 19, Quint 16, Engine 11, Engine 22, and Battalion 3 responded.