Fire Damages House on Koons Road

Photo courtesy of Frances Pope

A fire did extensive damage to a house on Koons Road, Thursday evening.

According to East Ridge Fire Chief Mike Williams, the residential blaze was reported at 8:30 p.m at 3604 Koons Rd. When firefighters arrived heavy smoke was reported coming from the structure. An interior fire attack was made and heavy fire was found in the attic.

No injuries were reported in the incident, officials said.

The interior crews were having difficulty gaining access to the fire, Williams said. Mutual Aid was requested for additional manpower from Catoosa, Rossville, and Fort Oglethorpe. A fill-in assignment was given to Tri Community for one Engine at ERFD Station 1 to answer any other calls for service during the fire.

Hamilton County Rescue was called for rehabilitation. Memorial EMS was also dispatched for medical standby.

“Great job to all that were involved,” Chief Williams said.

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.