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 [...]
HAMILTON COUNTY, TN- January 12, 2010. Submitted by Amy Maxwell. At 8:06 pm, 9-1-1 dispatcher receives a call from a Alarm System Company reporting heavy smoke detected at Dallas Bay Baptist Church and the adjacent Youth Building (8305 Daisy Dallas Road) Dallas Bay Volunteer Fire Department responded and arrived on the scene within a minute [...]
KINGSPORT, TN- Around 19:20, Kingsport Fire (B-shift) responded to the 100 block of West Charlemont Ave. for a possible structure fire. KFD shift commander C-3 arrived on-scene and established Incident Command over the incident and reported a multi-family dwelling fully involved. Firefighters arrived on-scene and began extinguishing the fire using hand lines and master streams. Once the [...]
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 [...]
November 9, 2009 18:07- The Chilhowie Fire Department was alerted of a reported structure fire in the 1100 block of Sunset Drive. Responding units were: Chief 201, Quint 251, Engine 252, Brush 254, and Medic 259. Chief 201 arrived on-scene and established Incident Command. An on-scene report was given to responding units that advised a two [...]
November 5th- Early Thursday afternoon, Kingsport firefighters responded to Amy Avenue for a reported residential fire alarm. As units arrived on-scene, they found smoke showing from the rear of the structure. An interior attack was made into the residence and members made a quick knockdown of the fire. The residence was unoccupied during the blaze. [...]
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 [...]
On November 2nd, Kingsport firefighters on A-shift had their hands full as they arrived on-scene the Preston Forrest area on a reported house fire. The on-scene size up revealed a single story structure that was heavily involved with fire. Crews immediately went to work by knocking down the fire with 2 1/2″ preconnects. Due to [...]
