Firefighters Battle Two Residential Blazes in Gwinnett

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA — Gwinnett County firefighters battled a pair of residential blazes on Monday.

At 3:39 p.m., firefighters responded to a neighbor's report of a house fire in the 1400 block of Bramlett Hill Drive, SE, in Lawrenceville.

Fire crews arrived to find flames on the home's exterior wall and smoke showing from the two-story wood frame house.

They attacked the flames and were able to contain the fire to the exterior wall. As they did, heat and fire caused a flexible natural gas line in the wall to melt and fuel the flames.

Firefighters secured the gas at the meter to stop the fire's spread. There was no one home at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported.

The outside wall sustained extensive damage and the interior of the home received smoke and water damage.

The fire appears accidental, fire officials said, and started in the area of a trash bin outside the house that held grass clippings. Two adults were displaced by the fire.

At 6:19 p.m., firefighters responded to resident's report of an apartment fire in the 4800 block of Burns Road, NW, in Lilburn.

The 911 caller reported alarms going off in the breezeway and the smell of smoke.

They neighbor then knocked on doors to help evacuate the apartment building as fire trucks were responding.

Crews arrived and found an active fire in the kitchen of a ground floor apartment. They attacked the flames and were able to limit the fire to one apartment unit.

Firefighters had to pull sheetrock in the affected area to make sure the fire was completely out. It caused heavy damage to the kitchen and caused smoke and heat damage throughout the apartment.

The unit directly above it also sustained residual smoke damage.

There was no one home in the apartment where the fire started and no injuries were reported. According to investigators, the fire appears accidental and originated in the area of the stove.

Residents of the area were able to return to their apartments Monday night, except for the occupants of the damaged unit.

Photos courtesy Gwinnett County Fire & Emergency Services