Fire Damages La-Z-Boy Furniture Store Warehouse

September 22, 2010  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Furniture Retailing on September 23, 2010

A Tuesday fire damaged a La-Z-Boy furniture store's warehouse, the Chattanooga Times Free Press reported.

The main store received minor smoke damage, according to a Chattanooga Fire Department spokesman.

The store manager found thick smoke when he wen to investigate a "popping sound" in the warehouse. The fire alarm activated, and the sprinkler system limited the fire until firefighters could extinguish it.

Fire damage was limited to a few pieces of furniture. The manager went to a nearby hospital for treatment for smoke inhalation. The fire remains under investigation.