SODDY-DAISY, Tenn. — UPDATE from Hamilton County Emergency Services:
A couple woke up early Thursday morning to the smell of smoke and a popping sound coming from a closet inside their Soddy-Daisy home.
Just after 5 a.m., a woman called 911 to report a fire coming from the home’s HVAC unit.
She told dispatchers her boyfriend was trying to put out the fire with a fire extinguisher. A 911 dispatcher told her to get out of the house immediately.
The Soddy-Daisy Fire Department responded to the 12000 block of Old Dayton Pike and arrived to find heavy black smoke surrounding the entire home…