Crated Dogs Rescued From Burning Gwinnett House

DULUTH, GA — Gwinnett County firefighters rescued three dogs that were in crates from a house that caught fire Thursday morning.

Firefighters responded at 8:32 a.m. to a report of a fire in the 2700 block of Rhoanoke Drive near Duluth. The crews found smoke coming out of a single-story house there.

They immediately entered the home to extinguish the fire and discovered the dogs, according to Gwinnett Fire & Emergency Services spokesman Capt. Tommy Rutledge. All three were removed from the home safely. There were no injuries reported in the fire, Rutledge said.

A teen occupant of the home was at a nearby school bus stop and heard the home's smoke alarm sound. He alerted a neighbor, who called 911. No one other than the dogs was inside the home at the time.

The blaze caused extensive damage to the home's living room and sent smoke and heat throughout the entire house. Investigators still had not determined the exact cause of the fire Thursday afternoon.

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Photo courtesy Gwinnett Fire & Emergency Services