Police and emergency vehicles outside of Patten Towers Tuesday night.VIDEO
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Rec. center closed
Brainerd Complex (1010 North Moore Rd) is closed to the public today and all programs, including swim classes, are cancelled for today.Recreation center staff is working with the Chattanooga Fire Department and the Red Cross to provide shelter for those misplaced by the Patten Towers fire last night.
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Patten Towers
An electrical fire broke out around 10 p.m. last night in the basement of Patten Towers, forcing an evacuation of all 241 residents, according to a news release from the Chattanooga Fire Department.
Apartment tenants lined the street as smoke filled Georgia Avenue, obscuring the Pickle Barrel restaurant just across the street. More than a dozen fire trucks and emergency vehicles surrounded the building.
Captain David Thompson said in a news release that the basement filled with black, acrid smoke and the intense flames shot the temperature up to 1,500 degrees.