This (Sunday) morning at 9:33 AM, Knox County 911 received a call from a passerby on Chapman Highway advising that Wheels Auto Sales at 6246 Chapman Highway appeared to be on fire. The caller advised that smoke was coming from the building.

On the arrival of the first KFD engine company, the officer advised that they had a working fire in a single-story building on the car lot.

KFD crews immediately began to attack the fire but had extreme difficulty reaching the bulk of it due to the large number of items stored within the building. Crews had to work to clear a path to find the location where the majority of the fire was.

The Incident Commander deemed the fire under control within 20 minutes of the arrival of KFD.

One firefighter was treated and released on the scene for a minor injury.

The building has suffered significant fire damage.

The structure is not sprinkled or alarmed.

Knoxville Fire Department investigators are on the scene working to determine a cause.