Smoke rises over a portion of downtown Chattanooga, resulting from a fire at a building at 510 E Fifth St.
Chattanooga Fire Department spokesman Bruce Garner said no one was injured in the fire this morning on East Fifth Street but the heat was so intense it melted a firefighter’s face shield.
“That doesn’t happen very often,” he said of the fire at an apartment building on Brabson Hill.
Garner said most of the fire was contained to the roof and rooftop deck, but one of the six apartment units might have some smoke and water damage, he said.
Nine fire companies responded, including one that had been training blocks away at UTC, Garner said.
Chattanooga firefighters had battled a rooftop blaze early this morning at the Brabson Hill building at 510 E Fifth St. Large, dark plumes of smoke could be seen from several vantage points downtown.