A woman was pulled from a house fire in Lookout Valley early Sunday morning.
At 4:16 a.m., Chattanooga firefighters were dispatched to 1107 O’Grady Dr. to a house fire with people inside. Chattanooga Police officers were the first on the scene and had already entered the house.
Captain Tim Zink and his firefighters with Squad 20 arrived at the house soon after and entered the structure in rescue mode.
Captain Zink said the fire was spotted on the front of the home near the electrical meter, and it was spreading up to the soffit and attic.
Three people were thought to be still inside. The two police officers who arrived first were driven out of the house due to the heavy smoke. When the firefighters with Squad 20 went in, Captain Zink said they found an occupant in bed in the last room to the left on the front of the house. Captain Zink said the woman was wrapped in bedding and was carried to the front door, where she was handed off to the police officers and Hamilton County EMS.
Squad 20 went back inside to search the rest of the house, but found no one. The other two occupants got out on their own.
While Squad 20 was searching the house, additional firefighters arrived to work on extinguishing the fire. Captain Michael Thomas, the incident commander, said the firefighters had to pull the ceiling to gain access to the fire in the attic. Once they did though, the fire was brought under control.
An estimate on the dollar loss was not available. Captain Thomas said the cause of the fire is under investigation.