No one was injured in a house fire at 1015 Taft Ave. on Monday evening. Chattanooga firefighters were able to put out the fire and contain it mostly to the living room.
Captain Tally Glover with Quint 1 said the firefighters took hand-held hose lines into the house and managed to get the fire out fairly quickly, containing most of the fire damage to the living room. The rest of the house sustained smoke and heat damage.
The lone occupant of the house, Katie Byrdie, told firefighters that she was taking a nap and woke up to discover her living room was on fire.
She made it out of the house unharmed.
Captain Lesley Morgan with the Fire Investigation Division said the cause of the fire appears to be accidental, though what sparked the blaze remains undetermined. The dollar loss was estimated at $20,000.