Firefighters extinguish a fire Tuesday, Dec. 27, at Southern Cellulose company at 105 West 45th St. (Photo courtesy of the Chattanooga Fire Department)A call came into Hamilton County 911 about 6:40 a.m. reporting a fire at Southern Cellulose company at 105 West 45th St., according to a Chattanooga Fire Department news release.
Capt. John Long said when fire companies arrived at 6:50 a.m. they discovered a fire in a trailer full of 600 pound bales of cellulose material. An employee using a self contained breathing apparatus used a fork truck to pull the bales out the trailer so that fire crews could wet down the smoldering bales.
Fire crews using hand held line and fire resistant foam wet down and broke apart the bales to insure all flames were extinguished.
No injuries were reported.