photo by Lt. Terrence Turner
Chattanooga firefighters put out a potential fire on a coal car at the Debutts Rail Yard on Saturday morning.
Station #4 received an alarm that a rail car full of coal was showing burning embers exiting from the undercarriage hopper.
Engine 4, Tanker 17, Battalion 3 and Special Operations personnel were able to cool and extinguish the heat source with roughly 10,000 gallons of water.
photo by Lt. Terrence Turner