Operations & Training

Two TN Firefighters Injured in Fatal House Blaze

May 30, 2020

More than a dozen crews responded to the blaze that broke out at a Chattanooga home and sent two firefighters to the hospital with unspecified injuries.

Source Firehouse.com News

Two firefighters were injured battling a blaze at a home in Chattanooga, TN, on Thursday.

Two Tennessee firefighters were injured during a fatal house blaze Thursday.

The fire broke out shortly before 4 p.m. at a home in Chattanooga, WRCB-TV reports. More than a dozen fire crews responded to the blaze, and it took about an hour and a half to put out the flames.

Two people had been inside the house at the time of the fire. One person died of smoke inhalation, and the other was taken to the hospital for treatment.

Two firefighters also were injured battling the blaze. They were taken to the hospital, but details about how they were hurt and the extent of their injuries were not released.