An early-morning commercial fire at the corner of East 13th Street and South Holtzclaw Avenue struck a 100-year-old former mattress factory that was amid renovations to become one of the biggest new condominium projects yet on Chattanooga’s redeveloping East Main Street corridor.
Chattanooga firefighters began battling the fire at 2:48 a.m. Saturday, finding a “fully invovled two-story blaze” as they arrived at the scene.
“The structure was burning from one end to the other,” said a news release from the Chattanooga Fire Department.
“Crews set up aerial operations to extinguish the flames. It was a defensive attack because of the size of the fire and the building. Firefighters also put out a fire at a nearby structure and worked to keep flames from spreading any further.”
No injuries have been reported, the release states.