Knoxville woman causes apartment fire after barbecuing brisket in bathtub

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) — According to Knoxville firefighters, a woman melted her tub after she tried to barbecue a brisket in it.

Investigators said water from the tub poured on the neighbors below.

According to Knoxville Fire Department Captian DJ Corcoran, firefighters found a middle aged woman fanning light smoke from her apartment.

She told fire crews there was a fire in the bathroom.

Corcoran said the woman tried to cook a brisket in her fiberglass bathtub. She had an open flame in the bottom of the tub with a wire rack resting on the upper edges.

The meat was resting on top of the wire rack.

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