Officials with the Knoxville Fire Department are investigating two early morning fires.
Crews were first called to Beaumont Avenue and McSpadden Street area for a church fire. Due to heavy fire and rapidly changing conditions, the crew was forced outside to fight that fire. The building is a total loss.
The second fire on Baxter Avenue. Crews called to a home which was supposed to be vacant but officials say people were living in the home, which did not have working utilities. The home suffered heavy fire damage.
No injures were reported in either fire.
