Electrical Fire Damages Old Kingwood Building

A small electrical fire damaged the building that once housed Kingwood Pharmacy, early Thursday morning.

East Ridge Fire Department was dispatched to 3824 Ringgold Road at 1:39 a.m., according to records from Hamilton County 911. An official with the fire department said that a resident across the street from the building on Kingwood Driver reported seeing flames near or on where the electrical service enters the building on the roof.

When firefighters arrived there was visible smoke. The power to the empty building was cut and firefighters gained access by forcing the front door. Authorities remained on the scene for more than an hour as the person responsible for the building arrived and made arrangements to secure the premises.

No injuries were reported.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.