Smoke sends EFD to Cato Fashions
Published 9:19 pm Tuesday, October 26, 2021
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders It was a tense moment on Monday as four engines from the Elizabethton City Fire Department along with an Elizabethton Police Office responded to a call about smoke in the Cato Fashions store located at the Ingles Shopping Center.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Two firemen descend from the top of Cato's Fashions after checking on the source of smoke that had filtered into the building on Monday.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Firemen discuss the cause of smoke filtering into Cato's Fashions Monday.
Star Photo/Ivan Sanders Elizabethton Fire Department members stow away a ladder after identifying the source of smoke that came into the Cato Fashion's store.
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FROM STAFF REPORTS
Burned wires inside a heating and cooling unit sent smoke into a local business on Monday.
Employees with CATO Fashions noticed smoke filtering into the store at about 4:30 p.m. Monday and the Elizabethton Fire Department and Elizabethton Police Department responded to the call.
Fire Lieutenant Russell Hodge said responders discovered after climbing to the top of the build that a motor on a heating and cooling unit had seized, burning wires in the process. The smoke was dispersed through the vent system and into the store.
There were no reports of injuries. The fire department stayed on scene and set up fans to help disperse the smell from the inside of the business.
