An explosion injured two firefighters Tuesday afternoon as they battled a house fire in the Ooltewah-Collegedale area.
A fire was reported about 4:15 p.m. at a house on the 5500 block of Main Street. The Tri-Community Volunteer Fire Department responded and reported heavy smoke and fire, according to a news release from Hamilton County Office of Emergency Management & Homeland Security.
When firefighters advanced a hose line and conducted an interior attack on the fire an explosion occurred, blowing out the front windows and throwing two firefighters into the front porch railing, according to the release.
The firefighters were taken by HCEMS to Erlanger with minor injuries. No other injuries were reported.
Neither the amount of damage to the house nor the firefighters names were reported in the release.
The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Tri-Community VFD Fire Marshall’s Office and the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.