UPDATE: Chattanooga firefighters have determined the cause of the fire was accidental.
One of the residents who lived in the house told the fire investigator that he was looking for his wallet, which had fallen behind a dresser. The man said he used a cigarette lighter for light and accidentally caught some curtains on fire. The man said he left the room temporarily and did not know he started the fire until he returned, according to the CFD.
The dollar loss was estimated to be $40,000.
ORIGINAL STORY: A house fire on Tuesday morning has left a family of three displaced, according to a release from the Chattanooga Fire Department.
Firefighters responded to a house fire on the 4000 block of Florida Avenue at 10:03 a.m. All three adults who lived in the home managed to get out safely.