photo by Capt. Chuck Hartung
The Chattanooga Fire Department responded to a fire early Sunday afternoon at an abandoned veterinary clinic on Lee Highway.
The call came in just before 1 p.m. at 7353 Lee Highway.
The fire was caused by an outside cooking fire that caught the grass on fire and spread to a building that was being demolished.
The fire was extinguished less than an hour later. Firefighters had to use an elevated water source to reach the seat of the fire and construction equipment to dig in and break apart the piles of rubble to ensure the fire was completely out.
The building that had been vacant for many years.