photo by Chattanooga Fire Department
A home was damaged by fire early Monday morning on Parker Lane.
Several Green Shift companies responded to the 3300 block of Parker Lane on a reported residential structure fire that could be seen from I-24. The call came in at 4 a.m.
Crews arrived on the scene to find a detached garage on fire. They quickly extinguished the flames.
The cause of the fire was determined to be a heat lamp in a chicken coop on the outside of the garage.
A number of chickens perished.
Quint 1, Squad 1, Ladder 1, Squad 20, Quint 3 and Battalion 1 were on the scene.