The Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — A Knoxville Fire Department firefighter was slightly injured Thursday afternoon while battling a blaze at a duplex at the intersection of Haynes Place and Gratz Street.
The firefighter, Chad Gentry of Engine Co. No. 2, was slightly injured when burning embers struck the firefighter’s neck, falling into his jacket.
Brent Seymour, KFD spokesman, said Gentry was not seriously injured.
At least three city fire companies responded to the blaze in a Victorian-Craftsman-style home converted into a rental duplex. The street-level front of the home was heavily damaged on one side.
The owner’s adult son lived in the unit where the fire apparently started. Neither he or the renter of the adjoining unit were home at the time.
The home’s owner, Tom Donaldson, said he believes the blaze may have been started by faulty electrical wiring.
Firecrewsweresummonedby a worker at one of Donaldson’s nearby rental houses, Donaldson said.
He owns nine rental homes in theimmediateareaandlivesnext door to the house that was damaged. Donaldson said he’ll repair the damage to the duplex.
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