Worker resurfacing bathtub burned with chemicals at Chattanooga apartment complex Monday
by WTVC
Image: NewsChannel 9 SkyView camera.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. —
A construction worker is recovering after she suffered from a flash chemical fire at a Chattanooga apartment complex Monday morning.
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The Chattanooga Fire Department (CFD) says the incident happened at 10:45 a.m. at the Marina Pointe Apartments on Lake Resort Drive.
The CFD says the worker was in a vacant apartment resurfacing a bathtub.
A release says
During that process, chemicals were sprayed and with no ventilation, vapors built up. The vapors caught a spark and caused a small explosion, blowing out the windows of the apartment and blowing the bathroom door off its hinges.
The fire left the worker with burns, and an ambulance rushed her to the hospital.
Firefighters evacuated the apartment building and carefully monitored the air quality before letting residents back in doors.
Right now, everyone is back in their apartments.
Watch video from the scene from our NewsChannel 9 SkyView camera below:
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