Posted on September 6th, 2010. KNOXVILLE, TN- Just before 6:00 Saturday night, someone called 911 to report a man had fallen into Fort Loudon Lake from a greenway trail near the Buck Karnes Bridge near downtown. Dive teams from several Knoxville/Knox County agencies responded. Recovery crews found the body just after 7:15 p.m. via Body [...]
Posted on July 19th, 2010. KNOXVILLE, TN- Eight young adults have the quick thinking of an off-duty Knoxville firefighter and a little luck to thank for saving them from a fire Sunday morning. The fire involved two historic Victorian houses in the 400 block of 11th Street in Fort Sanders next to Fort Kid and the [...]
Posted July 13th, 2010. MAYNARDVILLE, TN — A fire at an East Tennessee school caused a lot of smoke, but burned only a shelf of textbooks.The Knoxville News Sentinel reported custodians arriving to work at Big Ridge Elementary School in Maynardville on Tuesday morning found smoke coming from the front doors.Firefighters found flames of about 6-8 [...]
Posted July 12th, 2010. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) — A Knoxville fire captain is recuperating after becoming dehydrated while fighting a fire earlier Saturday. Captain Mike Pickett was taken to Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center after a vacant house fire on Division Street. His crew was responding to the blaze when his temperature soared and he [...]
KNOXVILLE, TN- Posted on January 4th, 2010. Monday morning Knoxville firefighters battled fire and extreme cold in east Knoxville. Crews responded to a home on Skyview Drive just before 3:00 am. A couple was inside the home. The man told firefighters he heard popping noises, got out of bed and found a fire in the [...]
KNOXVILLE, TN- Just before midnight fire fighters responded to the Knob Hill Apartment Complex on Tillery Road in North Knoxville. A courtesy officer was investigating a power outage at the apartments when he saw smoke and flames coming from one of the units on the first floor. via WBIR.com | Knoxville, TN | North Knoxville [...]
KNOXVILLE, TN- Knoxville Fire Department responded to a fatal house fire in West Knoxville today around 3 PM. Knoxnews.com reports the complete story.
KNOXVILLE, TN- Despite the efforts of Rural/Metro firefighters who entered a burning residence to rescue him, a man died in a Mascot mobile home…The complete story by Knoxnews.com.
November 12th, 2009- KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) – A family of seven is homeless after flames ripped through their East Knoxville home early Thursday morning. Firefighter in Knoxville responded to Seminole Avenue just after midnight for a reported house fire. When units arrived on-scene, the flames had involved most of the structure. Due to the stage [...]
On November 7th, at around 19:30hrs, Knoxville Firefighters responded to a reported structure fire on West Woodland Avenue. No injuries were reported during the blaze. KFD Fire Investigators have ruled the fire to be intentially set. Knoxville News WBIR.com reports- KFD spokesman D.J. Corcoran said a witness reported seeing three white men running from the house [...]
