Chattanooga firefighters extinguish storage shed fire

Chattanooga firefighters extinguished a storage shed fire on the 3600 block of Evergreen Ct. on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019.
Chattanooga firefighters extinguished a storage shed fire on the 3600 block of Evergreen Ct. on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019.
photo Chattanooga firefighters extinguished a storage shed fire on the 3600 block of Evergreen Ct. on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019.

Chattanooga firefighters responded to a fire on the 3600 block of Evergreen Ct. Thursday night, according to a news release from the Chattanooga Fire Department.

Firefighters arrived shortly after 9 p.m. to find an outside storage shed in the back of a home had caught fire. The flames were extinguished within a few minutes and no injuries were reported, the release states.

photo Chattanooga firefighters extinguished a storage shed fire on the 3600 block of Evergreen Ct. on Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019.

Multiple callers had reported that they had seen flames and heard what sounded like small explosions coming from the shed. The sounds could have been caused by cans of brake cleaner that were stored in the shed.

The shed, which the homeowners had used to store tools and other equipment, was a total loss. The owners also told firefighters they had been using a kerosene heater inside the shed, but it's undetermined if the heater caused the fire, according to the release.

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