Smoke alarms alerted residents and helped them get out safely during a Buford apartment fire that forced families from their homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What\u2019s Happening:<\/strong> Firefighters were called to Plantation Ridge Apartments at 1022 Level Creek Road at 3:44 p.m. on Dec. 18, after multiple 911 callers reported an apartment fire. When crews arrived, they found an active fire in a three-story apartment building. Firefighters attacked the fire from the rear with two hose lines while Gwinnett County Police helped clear the building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What\u2019s Important:<\/strong> Six apartment units were damaged by fire and water. Nearby buildings were not affected, and no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Firefighters stayed on scene for an extended time to put out remaining hot spots and make sure the fire was fully extinguished. Medical crews were used to support firefighter rehabilitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n How This Affects Real People:<\/strong> 11 adults and eight children were displaced and are receiving help from the American Red Cross and apartment management.<\/p>\n\n\n\n One resident said smoke alarms went off, prompting them to check the situation. After seeing fire on a balcony below, they evacuated. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Fire Investigation:<\/strong> Investigators determined the fire started on a second-floor balcony on the C-side of the building. The fire was ruled accidental.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Smoke alarms alerted residents and helped them get out safely during a Buford apartment fire that forced families from their homes. What\u2019s Happening: Firefighters were called to Plantation Ridge Apartments at 1022 Level Creek Road at 3:44 p.m. on Dec. 18, after multiple 911 callers reported an apartment fire.\u2022 Callers said the fire was spreading […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":948,"featured_media":239518,"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":[16352,19958],"class_list":["post-239516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fire","tag-apartment-fire","tag-smoke-detectors","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239516","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\/948"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=239516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239516\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=239516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=239516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thegeorgiasun.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=239516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u2022 Callers said the fire was spreading and reaching the second floor.
\u2022 Residents were reported evacuating as crews were dispatched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n