Seven people, four adults and three children, were displaced by a fire early Sunday morning on Willie Robinson Road in northwest Hall County.
"Hall County Fire Services responded to a reported residential fire around 3:45 A.M. Sunday morning..." Zachary Brackett, spokesman for Hall County Fire Services, wrote in an emailed news release. "Arriving units found a 2000 square foot home approximately 50% involved with fire."
Bracketted added the fire was extinguished in about an hour. One of the occupants of the house, a woman, received minor burns to the leg and hand and was treated on scene after refusing transport to the hospital. The American Red Cross was notified to assist the family.
Brackett said the occupants of the structure were alerted to the fire by smoke in the structure and got out of the house before firefighters arrived.
He noted that there were no working smoke detectors in the house, leading him to once again issue a reminder about the importance of having working smoke detectors in your home. "Those needing assistance with procurement and installation of smoke detectors can contact the Hall County Fire Marshal’s Office at 770-531-6838 for more information," Brackett added.
