Smoke alarm installed Friday saves Chattanooga man, dogs Saturday

mapA Seventh Avenue man was asleep in his home Saturday afternoon when the smoke alarm installed the previous day by the Chattanooga Fire Department sounded. 

The man woke to see the walls and drapes ablaze and sparks spitting from an electrical outlet, fire department spokesman Bruce Garner said in a news release. 

Firefighters arrived at the single-story home to find the man safely outside, but his three dogs were still inside. The firefighters rescued all three dogs unharmed and put the fire out from inside the house, Garner said. 

Another fire in East Lake the previous day left six people homeless.