A Sunday night fire that started in the basement of a Cherokee County home left the residence with significant damage, though firefighters confirmed no one was hurt in the blaze.

Cherokee County Fire & Emergency Services rushed to the scene on Red Gate Terrace at 10:42 p.m. after neighbors reported seeing flames. When crews arrived, they found heavy smoke and fire pouring from the home’s basement.

Quick Response Prevents Injuries

Firefighters immediately searched the home to make sure everyone was out safely. Once they confirmed the house was empty, multiple crews attacked the flames with hose lines in what the fire department described as a “coordinated and aggressive suppression effort.”

The good news: Their quick work brought the fire under control, and no one was injured.

The not-so-good news: The home took a serious hit from the flames and smoke.

What Happens Next

Fire Department investigators are now working to figure out what sparked the basement fire. They haven’t released any theories yet about how it started.

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B.T. Clark is the Publisher of The Georgia Sun and author of Principles Are Like Pants… You Ought to Have Some. Over two decades in journalism, he has served as Managing Editor of Neighbor Newspapers in metro Atlanta and Digital Director at Times-Journal Inc., earning multiple awards along the way. His work has appeared in newspapers across the state, including The Cherokee Tribune and The Marietta Daily Journal.