Electrical fire leads to power loss, evacuation of Jaycee Towers downtown | Times Free Press

Residents of the Jaycee Towers in the Golden Gateway were evacuated today when an electrical fire broke out in a mechanical room on the eighth floor, leading to all electrical power being knocked out in the high-rise building.

Chattanooga Fire Department firefighters extinguished the fire in less than 10 minutes, but an abundance of smoke led to an evacuation of those residents on the eighth floor and higher ones.

via Electrical fire leads to power loss, evacuation of Jaycee Towers downtown | Times Free Press.