Dumpster Fire Damages Metal Trusses In Parking Garage On Cherokee Boulevard

  • Wednesday, February 10, 2021
photo by Battalion Chief Chris Warren

A dumpster fire in a parking garage at 125 Cherokee Boulevard damaged some metal trusses early Wednesday at 2:47 a.m.

Chattanooga Fire Department Special Operations has been on the scene and has contacted City Engineering to check on the integrity of the structure.

 

The parking garage is closed for the time being. 


photo by Battalion Chief Chris Warren
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