Commercial Fire Response

On Friday morning, the Chattanooga Fire Department responded to a fire at 4000 N Hawthorne Street.

At approximately 7:20 AM, W. R. Grace & Company discovered cardboard, plastic packaging and wood pallets on fire.

It spread to the roof of the warehouse and firefighters quickly extinguished the flames.

No chemicals were involved, just the pallets and packaging material. The fire caused some minor roof damage.

There were no injuries and there was no risk to anyone inside or outside the facility.

CFD secured the area. Multiple companies responded to the scene, along with our battalion chiefs and the Special Operations Division.

The cause of the fire has yet to be determined.