Quick response by occupant and the Johnson City Fire Department minimizes damage to an apartment.
The Johnson City Fire Department responded to a report of an apartment fire at 5:59 am on Monday, November 1, 2010 at 905 Antioch Road #11. The initial dispatch included three engines and one ladder apparatus. Two engines clearing from a prior call and closer responded and arrived on scene in one minute and forty seconds. This initially gave a total of 6 firemen on the scene. The first arriving fire engine company found light smoke and the fire extinguished inside the apartment. Firefighters established that the occupant had terminated the power supply to a dryer at the breaker box and had moved the unit away from the wall. The fire was determined to be in the flexible vent hose that exhausted hot moist air to the outside. Fire inside the unit was extinguished prior to the arrival of the fire department. Firefighters investigated the crawl space to find lint from the vent hose still burning. A portable water extinguisher was used to extinguish the smolder fire. There was minor charring to the structure’s floor members and the interior floor covering of the laundry room. Natural ventilation was incorporated in the removal of smoke in the apartment which reduced smoke damage to the building. Fire damage is estimated at $800.00. There were no injuries to occupants or fire personnel.
For more information contact:
Stanley Elie Daniels, Captain
Johnson City Fire Department
423-483-5828
423-975-2840
Mark J. Finucane
Interim Fire Chief
Johnson City Fire Department
505 East Main Street
Johnson City, Tennessee
(O) 423.975.2852
(Fax) 423.975.2846
mfinucane@johnsoncitytn.org
firebank@comcast.net
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