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Body found at fire site on Fourth Avenue in Chattanooga’s East Lake neighborhood

Contributed Photo by Chattanooga Fire Department / Authorities released this photo of the East Lake fire site on Fourth Avenue.
Contributed Photo by Chattanooga Fire Department / Authorities released this photo of the East Lake fire site on Fourth Avenue.

Chattanooga Police and Fire Department investigators are investigating after human remains were found Tuesday at the site of a fire in East Lake.

The fire during the early hours of Sunday at a commercial structure at 2603 Fourth Avenue left one Chattanooga firefighter injured.

(READ MORE: Fires damage three Chattanooga-area homes in one day)

“A firefighter was taken to the hospital after the front façade of the building collapsed on them on the sidewalk, striking him down with debris,” said Chattanooga Fire Department Public Information Officer Lindsey Rogers in a news release. He was treated for minor injuries at a hospital and released.

The building, which was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived, was tackled from the ground and air, according to the department.