{"id":166660,"date":"2024-01-21T21:32:41","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T02:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=166660"},"modified":"2024-01-21T21:32:47","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T02:32:47","slug":"buford-family-and-two-dogs-safe-after-devastating-house-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?p=166660","title":{"rendered":"Buford Family and Two Dogs Safe After Devastating House Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\ud83d\udc3e <strong>The Gist:<\/strong> A house fire in Buford early this morning resulted in the rescue of two family dogs and the safe escape of all residents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 <strong>The Details:<\/strong> The Buford Fire Department responded to a blaze at a single-story home on Patrick Mill Place at 6:07 a.m. today. The fire, initially reported by a neighbor and the homeowner, caused significant damage to the property and affected a neighboring house. Firefighters, battling below-freezing temperatures, successfully extinguished the fire by 6:35 a.m. and rescued two family dogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\ude92 <strong>Challenges Faced:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Firefighting in 12\u00b0F weather.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Protecting adjacent properties from radiant heat damage.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Addressing the homeowner&#8217;s medical needs at the scene.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf04 <strong>The Photos:<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:66.77402%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1536\" data-id=\"166661\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?attachment_id=166661\" 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data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:25.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1536\" data-id=\"166681\" data-link=\"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/?attachment_id=166681\" data-url=\"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/421667370_899846842148473_6642016890774212124_n-1170x694.jpg\" data-width=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/thegeorgiasun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/421667370_899846842148473_6642016890774212124_n-1170x694.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfe0 <strong>In Context:<\/strong> The homeowner, awakened by a loud &#8216;boom&#8217;, discovered the fire in his garage and promptly alerted emergency services. The intense fire led to a complete loss of the home, displacing three adults and their pets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc36 <strong>What&#8217;s Next?:<\/strong> The American Red Cross is assisting the displaced family. Meanwhile, fire investigators are working to determine the cause of the fire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83c\udfca\u200d\u2642\ufe0f <strong>Go Deeper:<\/strong> For more information on fire safety and prevention, visit the National Fire Protection Association&#8217;s website at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfpa.org\">www.nfpa.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buford Family and Pets Safe After Devastating House Fire<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":166661,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8462],"tags":[14872],"class_list":["post-166660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fire","tag-house-fire","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166660","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=166660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=166660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=166660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=166660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}