At 3:30 a.m. on Friday, Manchester Fire Rescue was dispatched to a structural fire. Flames were going through the roof at Carden Estates apartments in building B. Fire crews responded, were on the scene within minutes, and started attacking the fire.
Before the fire department’s arrival, members of the Manchester Police Department were alerting residents to get out, along with the fire alarm system alerting occupants. The senior fire officer on the scene automatically requested mutual aid assistance from county volunteer fire departments and Tullahoma Fire Rescue.
Once all crews were on the scene together, they aggressively fought the fire and searched the apartments again to ensure everyone was out, finding some still in their apartments.
Personnel worked with Manchester City officials to move the displaced residents to the Manchester Conference Center along with having the Red Cross meet them there to start the recovery process.
Once the fire was extinguished, fire personnel worked with the Red Cross to recover the critical items that residents needed. Multiple agencies responded to this incident and provided outstanding assistance to first responders on the scene.
Thank you to the Coffee County Communications Center, Emergency Management Agency, Ambulance Service, Sheriff’s Department, County Bus Personnel, New Union, Summitville and Hillsboro Volunteer Fire Departments, and Tullahoma Fire Rescue. Also providing great assistance were Manchester PD, Manchester City School Bus personnel, Mayor Joey Hobbs and his staff, Alderman Ryan French, Manchester Conference Center and their staff, and personnel from Carden Estates.
Hardee’s, Walmart, Safe Storage personnel, Home Depot, and the American Red Cross personnel provided a lot of outstanding support to first responders. A big thanks also goes to the citizens and businesses in Manchester for all their involvement and support for the displaced residents of Carden Estates.
Manchester Fire and other agencies will investigate the cause of the fire.
Mayor Joey Hobbs Releases information on residents and how you can help:
As of Saturday afternoon, all of the displaced families have lodging, some of which is permanent while we are still working on more permanent solutions for others. In conjunction with representatives from our local churches, we will be accepting donations of household goods and furnishings (no clothing or food, please) at Safe Storage on Wednesday and Thursday from 1:00-4:00 PM.
We need help locating permanent housing for 10-15 families. If you know of any available apartments or rental homes in our area, please message Mayor Hobbs on Facebook with the pertinent information. Search for Joey Hobbs, Mayor of Manchester.
We will follow the Red Cross model and recommendation and only accept NEW items. The Red Cross has opened individual cases for each family affected by the fire. For the first 30 days, the Red Cross will address the households' and related financial needs.
After 30 days, the cases will be “released,” and that's when our local donations will come into play. When that time comes, I have appointed and will chair an independent advisory board to oversee the distribution of cash donations given to and collected by First Baptist Church for the fire victims and furnishings donated to the Safe Storage Collection. That board is as follows: Thomas Crosslin, Good Samaritan; BJ Fann, Family Resource Center, MCS; Deidra Goins, All God's Children, State Board of Directors, AFSP-TN; Jane Marcrom, One Day of Hope; Josh Carney, Dusty Elam Foundation; Taylor Rayfield, Sportsman and Businessman Association.
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