Firefighters respond to the Executive Business Park. Photo contributed by Bruce Garner.Map
6025 Lee Highway
Chattanooga firefighters responded to a commercial fire alarm around 6:30 tonight at the Executive Business Park at 6025 Lee Highway, according to a news release from the fire department.
Smoke and flames were visible inside the building.
Twelve fire companies responded to the scene. The firefighters attacked the fire in Suite 401, but smoke and possibly flames had spread into the attic, threatening the entire building. Chief Jeff Eldridge said firefighters used saws to make a "trench cut" in the roof. The resulting opening allowed firefighters access to the attic, which enabled them to extinguish the fire.
Eldridge said the firefighters got the blaze under control in roughly 20 minutes. No injuries were reported.
The fire appears to have started in Suite 401, which was reportedly being used as storage for the local Susan G. Komen breast cancer organization.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.