Fire Causes Damage to Sugar Hill Home

BUFORD, GA — A house fire in Sugar Hill on Wednesday was extinguished quickly by firefighters, causing only moderate damage to the home's basement.

Gwinnett County Fire & Emergency Services was called at 3:42 p.m. by a neighbor to the 4800 block of Parkview Mine Drive, NE, in Sugar Hill.

The 911 caller reported smoke coming from inside the house.

Firefighters arrived to find heavy smoke pushing out of the basement of the two-story home and the home's owner, who was spraying water into the basement with a garden hose.

The man had reportedly gotten word of the fire and arrived before firefighters.

Fire crews quickly got inside the burning home and were able to contain the blaze to the basement, where it caused moderate damage. It was under control by 4:04 p.m.

There was no one inside the home and no injuries were reported.

Fire officials said Thursday that the cause of the fire remains under investigation.

The American Red Cross was contacted to assist the home's two adult occupants.

(Photo courtesy Gwinnett County Fire & Emergency Services)