Firefighters respond to a house fire at 2006 Laura Street on Jan. 19. (Photo by Bruce Garner/Chattanooga Fire Department)Firefighters responded to a house fire at 2006 Laura Street about 4 p.m. today, according to a Chattanooga Fire Department news release.
Battalion Chief Don Bowman said the firefighters located the fire in a bedroom and the attic. The firefighters attacked the fire quickly with hand-held hose lines, limiting the damage to the bedroom and attic. The dollar loss was estimated at roughly $10,000. No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire will be ruled accidental. Chief Bowman said a portable space heater had been placed too close to a wall.
When the wall got hot enough, it burst into flames. Chattanooga police and Hamilton County EMS also provided assistance on the scene.