The Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner said today an explosion that destroyed a Calhoun neighborhood was caused by arson.
“Natural gas did cause the explosion, but this was an act of arson,” John Oxendine said in a news release. “Evidence shows that someone went into the home and tampered with a gas line.”
A three-story house exploded on Saddle Mountain Drive, leaving nearly 60 homes in the surrounding area with severe to minor damage. Eight families in the Saddle Brook subdivision were left homeless, according to a news release.
For complete details, see tomorrow’s Chattanooga Times Free Press.