Police Investigating Death of Man Burned to Death

East Ridge police are investigating the burning death of a man on Wednesday evening.

According to Fire Chief Mike Williams, firefighters from Station No. 2 were returning from a call at 7 p.m. when they saw heavy black smoke a few houses down from the fire station on St. Thomas Street. Upon investigation of the smoke, firefighters found a man on fire in the driveway of the house at 1371 St. Thomas St.. The fire crew immediately called for an ambulance as they extinguished the flames from the individual.

Chief Williams said that medical care was immediately given to the individual but the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

East Ridge Police Chief J.R. Reed identified the victim as 56-year-old Senad Kadic. Authorities said the circumstances surrounding the victim’s death are still under investigation.

About Dick Cook

Dick Cook has lived in East Ridge since the Kennedy Administration when his parents bought a house on Marietta Street. Dick graduated from ERHS in 1976 before going on to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where he studied Political Science. Dick worked for the Chattanooga Free-Press and the Chattanooga Times Free Press for 22 years. Free-Press Sports Editor Roy Exum plucked him out of production in 1989 and gave him a job as a sports reporter. Dick covered everything from prep sports to the whitewater events on the Ocoee River for the 1996 Olympics. When Chattanooga's two paper's merged, he became the Crime Reporter covering both the Chattanooga Police and Fire Departments. He was among reporters who were honored by the Associated Press for the TFP's coverage of the 2002 fog-shrouded crash on I-75 in Catoosa County, Dick and his wife, Cathy, live on Marlboro Avenue where they are seen frequently chasing around their three grandsons.