Grease Fire Damages House on South Moore Road

A grease fire damaged a house on Moore Road, early Monday morning.

According to a press release, firefighters were called to 512 South Moore Rd. at 1:38 a.m. When firefighters arrived, they were told that everyone in the house were out of the structure.

Heavy smoke was coming from the house and crews started an aggressive interior attack.

Fire Chief Mike Williams said that the apparent cause of the fire was grease igniting while a resident was cooking.

No injuries were reported and the damage to the home was estimated at about $20,000.

Officials said the Red Cross was notified to assist the occupants.

Chief Williams said that a request was made for mutual aid to the scene to assist. Chattanooga Quint 13 and Hamilton Rescue Rehab responded to the scene and Catoosa Engine 7 filled in at station one for any additional calls.

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.